Definition of whelm

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Whelm (v. t.) To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

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Crushing :: Crushing (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Whelming :: Whelming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Whel.
Drown :: Drown (v. t.) To overwhelm in water; to submerge; to inundate.
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to oppress, etc., overpoweringly..
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe..
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..
Indrench :: Indrench (v. t.) To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown.
Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
Quench :: Quench (v. t.) To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc..
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
Overwhelming :: Overwhelming (a.) Overpowering; irresistible.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To project or impend over threateningly.
Overflow :: Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm..
Overwhelmed :: Overwhelmed (imp. & p. p.) of Overwhel.
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