swallow up

English

Verb

swallow up (third-person singular simple present swallows up, present participle swallowing up, simple past and past participle swallowed up)

To completely enclose or envelop.
To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.
To voraciously consume resources, such as money; to devour.

Translations

completely enclose or envelop

Catalan: abismar (ca)
French: engloutir (fr), engouffrer (fr)
Old French: englotir
Friulian: gloti
Galician: abismar (gl)
German: verschlucken (de), verschlingen (de)
Maori: whakangami
Portuguese: abismar (pt)
Russian: поглоща́ть (ru) impf (pogloščátʹ), поглоти́ть (ru) pf (poglotítʹ)
Spanish: abismar (es), tragar (es)
Volapük: luslugön (vo)

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