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SWALLOW UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
Example:
The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter
Synonyms:
bury; eat up; immerse; swallow; swallow up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "swallow up" is one way to...):
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
