What does swallow up mean?

swallow up means "enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing".

What is another word for swallow up?

Close synonyms include immerse, swallow, bury, eat up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is swallow up a common word?

swallow up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Swallow up — meaning, 4 synonyms and examples

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
“The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter”
Synonymsimmerse swallow bury eat up
Broaderenclose

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What does swallow up mean?: swallow up means "enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing".

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