English > engulf: 2 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | Devote (oneself) fully to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
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| Synonyms | steep, immerse, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up |
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| Caused by | plunge, immerse | Cause to be immersed |
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| Narrower | drink in, drink | Be fascinated or spell-bound by |
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| Broader | concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet | direct one's attention on something |
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| Similar to | plunge, immerse | Cause to be immersed |
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| Spanish | absorberse, abstraerse, aislarse, concentrarse, embelesarse, empaparse, enfrascarse, ensimismarse, sumergirse, zambullirse |
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| Catalan | immergir-se, submergir-se |
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