Whelm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cover with water; submerge.
  • v. To overwhelm.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cover; to submerge; to engulf; to bury.
  • v. To overcome with emotion.
  • v. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
  • v. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome.
  • v. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To throw over so as to cover.
  • To engulf; submerge; cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; overwhelm.
  • Hence, to crush, ruin, or destroy by some sudden overpowering disaster.
  • To pass or roll over so as to cover or submerge.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  • Verb Form
    whelmed    whelming    whelms   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    elicit    evoke    raise    arouse    enkindle    provoke    fire    kindle   
    Hyponym
    stagger    seize    lock    clutch    knock out    kill    devastate    benight    get hold of   
    Form
    underwhelm    overwhelm   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    overwhelm    ingulf    immerse    overcome    submerge   
    Same Context
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