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Definition of whelmed in English English dictionary
- whelm
- To cover with water; to submerge
- whelm
- To overcome with emotion
- whelm
- {v} to cover, bury, destroy, turn down
- whelm
- To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf
- whelm
- To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it
- whelm
- Fig
- whelm
- {f} flood, cover; deluge; pass over or roll over something so as to submerge it, drown; overwhelm, overcome, overpower
- whelm
- To cover with water; submerge
- whelm
- To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows
- whelm
- overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
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[ 'hwelm, 'welm ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English.Resimler
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