swallow up

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения полного поглощения, впитывания или проглатывания чего-либо, часто в переносном смысле.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of completely consuming, absorbing, or engulfing something, often in a figurative sense.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Consume completelyinformal

   To completely consume or absorb something, often in a way that leaves nothing behind.

   Поглотить полностью

   • The huge waves swallowed up the small boat.
   • The company was swallowed up by a larger corporation.
   • The darkness swallowed up the entire forest.

   Synonymsabsorbconsumedevoureat upengulfgobble upingest

2. Use up resourcesinformal

   To use a large amount of something, especially money or time, until it is gone.

   Поглощать

   • The project swallowed up all our savings.
   • The new software swallowed up most of the computer's memory.
   • Her new hobby swallowed up all her free time.

   Synonymsabsorbconsumedepletedevoureat upengulfexhaustuse up

   Antonymsconserveeconomizepreservesave

Base verbswallow