swallow up

1. To completely enclose or envelop.

   verschlucken, verschlingen

   поглоща́тьpogloščátʹ, поглоти́тьpoglotítʹ

   enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

2. To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.

3. To voraciously consume resources, such as money; to devour.

1. The boat was swallowed up in the fog.

   Човен поглинув у туман.

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2. The waves swallowed up the boat.

   ruВолны поглотили лодку.

   deDie Wellen verschlangen das Boot.

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3. The abyss has swallowed him up.

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4. He was quickly swallowed up by the crowd.

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5. The airplane was swallowed up in the large clouds.

   deDas Flugzeug wurde von großen Wolken verschluckt.

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irregular

• swallow upзарити, зариватиTo completely enclose or envelop.
• swallow downTo believe (something) unpleasant or undesirable.