swallow up (English, verb)
expansion: swallow up (third-person singular simple present swallows up, present participle swallowing up, simple past and past participle swallowed up)
Senses:
glosses: To completely enclose or envelop.
glosses: To take over or absorb something (especially an organisation) so it no longer has a separate identity; to assimilate.
glosses: To voraciously consume resources, such as money; to devour.
Forms:
form: swallows up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: swallowing up
tags: participle
present
form: swallowed up
tags: participle
past
form: swallowed up
tags: past