"swallow up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: swallows up [present, singular, third-person], swallowing up [participle, present], swallowed up [participle, past], swallowed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} swallow up (third-person singular simple present swallows up, present participle swallowing up, simple past and past participle swallowed up)
  1. To completely enclose or envelop. Translations (completely enclose or envelop): abismar (Catalan), engloutir (French), engouffrer (French), gloti (Friulian), abismar (Galician), verschlucken (German), verschlingen (German), whakangami (Maori), englotir (Old French), abismar (Portuguese), поглоща́ть (pogloščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), поглоти́ть (poglotítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), abismar (Spanish), tragar (Spanish), luslugön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-swallow_up-en-verb-GbVslIJx Disambiguation of 'completely enclose or envelop': 93 5 2
  2. To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.
    Sense id: en-swallow_up-en-verb-UIJyxbcN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 44 23 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 28 47 25
  3. To voraciously consume resources, such as money; to devour.
    Sense id: en-swallow_up-en-verb-WNX-KKZ7

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
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      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
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      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
      "word": "englotir"
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      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
      "word": "gloti"
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      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
      "word": "abismar"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
      "word": "verschlucken"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
      "word": "verschlingen"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
      "word": "whakangami"
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      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
      "word": "abismar"
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      "word": "поглоти́ть"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
      "word": "abismar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
      "word": "tragar"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "completely enclose or envelop",
      "word": "luslugön"
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