What (who) is Whelm - definition

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Whelm (album)

v. a.

Overwhelm.

Cover completely, immerse deeply, overwhelm, overburden.

Whelm

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Whelm (album)

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

II. Whelm ·vt Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to Immerse; to Overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.

III. Whelm ·vt To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to Overwhelm; to Ingulf.

whelm

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Whelm (album)

[w?lm]

archaic or literary

¦ verb engulf, submerge, or bury.

¦ noun a surge of water.

Origin

ME: representing an OE form parallel to hwelfan 'overturn (a vessel)'.

Pronunciation examples for Whelm

1. like Alana Whelm, who is a scientist, who

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