whelm
11whelm — hwelm /w v. flood, cover; deluge; pass over or roll over something so as to submerge it, drown; overwhelm, overcome, overpower …
12whelm — [wɛlm] 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) …
13whelm — v. a. 1. Overwhelm. 2. Cover completely, immerse deeply, overwhelm, overburden …
14whelm — [[t](h)wɛlm, wɛlm[/t]] v. t. 1) to submerge; engulf 2) to overcome utterly; overwhelm: whelmed by misfortune[/ex] 3) to roll or surge over something, as in causing it to submerge • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME whelme, appar. b. dial. whelve (OE… …
15whelm — /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) …
16whelm — half of a hollow tree, laid under agate way, to form a passage for water. A kind of substitute for an arch. Norf. and Suff …
17whelm — v.tr. poet. 1 engulf, submerge. 2 crush with weight, overwhelm. Etymology: OE hwelman (unrecorded) = hwylfan overturn …
18The 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 …
19o´ver|whelm´ing|ly — o|ver|whelm|ing «OH vuhr HWEHL mihng», adjective. too many, too great, or too much to be resisted; overpowering: »an overwhelming majority of votes. –o´ver|whelm´ing|ly, adverb …
20o|ver|whelm|ing — «OH vuhr HWEHL mihng», adjective. too many, too great, or too much to be resisted; overpowering: »an overwhelming majority of votes. –o´ver|whelm´ing|ly, adverb …
