BEGULFING Synonyms

• a natural object that covers or envelops

• an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)

• the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

• the act of protecting something by covering it

• the work of applying something

• broad in scope or content

• closely encircling

• surrounding and closing in on or hemming in

• a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them

• so strong as to be irresistible

• very strong; urgently felt

• sinking until covered completely with water

• closely encircling

• one celestial body obscures another

• be greater in significance than

• cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

• devote (oneself) fully to

• flow over or cover completely

• thrust or throw into

• devote (oneself) fully to

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

• cause to be immersed

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid

• fill or cover completely, usually with water

• a line that suspends the harness from the canopy of a parachute

• (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind

• burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

• cover as if with a shroud

• form a cover like a shroud

• wrap in a shroud

• low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog

• a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables

• drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged

• fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid