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Engulf

To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

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Verb group 4

Immerse 84% connected

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Immerse 84% connected

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Plunge 84% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Plunge 84% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 11

Center 76% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Centre 76% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Concentrate 76% connected

To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of li…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enfold 76% connected

To infold. See Infold.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Envelop 76% connected

To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument or the like; to surround entirely; as, to envelop goods or a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enwrap 76% connected

To envelop. See Inwrap.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Focus 76% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pore 76% connected

One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rivet 76% connected

A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Wrap 76% connected

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Absorb 92% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Engross 92% connected

To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Immerse 92% connected

Immersed; buried; hid; sunk.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Plunge 92% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Steep 92% connected

Bright; glittering; fiery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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