'Whelm' definitions:
Definition of 'whelm'
From: WordNet
verb
Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake]
Definition of 'Whelm'
From: GCIDE
- Whelm \Whelm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whelmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Whelming.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven, AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in ?whylfan, ?whelfan, to overwhelm, cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G. w["o]lben, OHG. welben, Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf. Gr. ? bosom, a hollow, a gulf.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. [1913 Webster]
- She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The whelming billow and the faithless oar. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. "The whelming weight of crime." --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'whelm'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baptize,
- be prodigal with,
- blank,
- bulldoze,
- bury,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- clobber,
- cream,
- defeat utterly,
- deluge,
- dip,
- douse,
- drown,
- duck,
- dunk,
- engulf,
- float,
- flood,
- flood the market,
- flow on,
- immerge,
- immerse,
- inundate,
- knock over,
- merge,
- overbear,
- overbrim,
- overcome,
- overdose,
- overequip,
- overflow,
- overfurnish,
- overlavish,
- overpower,
- overprovender,
- overprovide,
- overprovision,
- overrun,
- oversell,
- overstock,
- oversupply,
- overwhelm,
- paste,
- plunge in water,
- pour on,
- pour out,
- pour over,
- prostrate,
- rain,
- run over,
- schmear,
- shellac,
- shut out,
- sink,
- skunk,
- slop,
- slosh,
- sluice,
- smear,
- snow under,
- souse,
- spill,
- spill out,
- spill over,
- steamroller,
- submerge,
- submerse,
- swamp,
- sweep,
- whitewash,
- whomp,
- whop