over+whelm
11whelm — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To flow over completely: deluge, drown, engulf, flood, flush, inundate, overflow, overwhelm, submerge. See FULL. 2. To affect as if by an outpouring of water: deluge, flood, inundate, overwhelm, swamp. See FULL …
12whelm — /wɛlm/ (say welm) verb (t) Obsolete 1. to submerge; engulf. 2. to overcome utterly, or overwhelm: sorrow whelmed him. {Middle English, apparently blend of obsolete whelve (Old English gehwelfan bend over) and helm (Old English helmian cover) …
13o|ver|whelm — «O vuhr HWEHLM», transitive verb. 1. to overcome completely; crush: »She was overwhelmed with grief. 2. to cover completely, as a flood would: »A great wave overwhelmed the boat. SYNONYM(S): submerge. 3. to heap, treat, or address with an… …
14un|der|whelm — «UHN duhr HWEHLM», transitive verb. to create a feeling of indifference in; fail to excite or arouse enthusiasm: »[His] long, prepared speeches in more formal settings often underwhelm his audiences, but his peppy little talks followed by… …
15run over — Synonyms and related words: abound, autopsy, battologize, bristle with, brood over, browse, call off, call over, call the roll, canvass, cascade, cataract, census, check, check out, check over, check up on, chew over, con over, count, crawl with …
16piss all over (someone) — vb to thoroughly defeat, humiliate or over whelm. The image is taken from the lit eral behaviour of animals or humans ritually signalling victory …
17The Whelm — are the frightful servants of Yggur in Ian Irvine s The View from the Mirror quartet.Whelm is the name that the Ghashad took after Rulke their master was imprisoned in the Nightland, 1000 years before the events of The View from the Mirror books …
18sweep over — verb overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑overwhelm, ↑overpower, ↑whelm, ↑overcome, ↑overtake • Hypernyms: ↑arouse, ↑ …
19spill over — Synonyms and related words: alluvion, alluvium, cascade, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, engulf, engulfment, fill, flood, inundate, inundation, know no bounds, luxuriate, overabound, overbrim, overflow, overflowing, overgrow, overrun, overrunning,… …
20overwhelm — over·whelm …
