Definition of whelm

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Whelm (v. t.) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

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Overflow :: Overflow (v. t.) To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm..
Confute :: Confute (v. t.) To overwhelm by argument; to refute conclusively; to prove or show to be false or defective; to overcome; to silence.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Amazement :: Amazement (n.) The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration..
Atlantean :: Atlantean (a.) Of or pertaining to the isle Atlantis, which the ancients allege was sunk, and overwhelmed by the ocean..
Overwhelm :: Overwhelm (v. t.) To cause to surround, to cover..
Whelm :: Whelm (v. t.) Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows..
Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence..
Deluge :: Deluge (n.) Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction..
Crushing :: Crushing (a.) That crushes; overwhelming.
Indrench :: Indrench (v. t.) To overwhelm with water; to drench; to drown.
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..
Whelm :: Whelm (v. t.) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
Crush :: Crush (v. t.) To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight..
Demersion :: Demersion (n.) The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water..
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 (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..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) To overwhelm.
Deluge :: Deluge (v. t.) To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
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