whelm

English - Turkish

Definition of whelm in English Turkish dictionary

{f} boğmak

{f} yenmek

{f} bunaltmak

su basmak

su bas/boğ

{f} bastırmak

mağlup etmek

Related Terms

whelming

ezme

whelming

ezici

English - English

Definition of whelm in English English dictionary

To cover with water; to submerge

To overcome with emotion

{v} to cover, bury, destroy, turn down

To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf

To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it

Fig

{f} flood, cover; deluge; pass over or roll over something so as to submerge it, drown; overwhelm, overcome, overpower

To cover with water; submerge

To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

Etymology

[ 'hwelm, 'welm ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English.

Tenses

whelms, whelming, whelmed