Definitions for whelm
ʰwɛlm, wɛlmwhelm

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtakeverb

   overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. whelmverb

   To cover with water; to submerge

2. whelmverb

   To overcome with emotion

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Whelmverb

   Etymology: awhilfan , Saxon; wilma, Islandick.

   1. To cover with something not to be thrown off; to bury.

   Grievous mischiefs which a wicked fay
   Had wrought, and many whelm’d in deadly pain. Fa. Qu.

   This pink is my prize, or ocean whelm them all. William Shakespeare.

   So the sad offence deserves,
   Plung’d in the deep for ever let me lye,
   Whelm’d under seas. Addison.

   Discharge the load of earth that lies on you, like one of the mountains under which the poets say, the giants and men of the earth are whelmed. Alexander Pope.

   Deplore
   The whelming billow and the faithless oar. John Gay.

   2. To throw upon something so as to cover or bury it.

   On those cursed engines triple row,
   They saw them whelm’d, and all their confidence
   Under the weight of mountains bury’d deep. John Milton.

   Whelm some things over them and keep them there. John Mortimer.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whelm

   Whelm is the debut studio album by English singer Douglas Dare. It was released in May 2014 under Erased Tapes Records.

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1. whelm

   To whelm is to engulf, submerge, or overwhelm. It usually refers to something completely covered or overpowered, like emotions, water, or some sort of force. In a physical sense, it often refers to a scenario where something is submerged or buried. In an emotional context, it means to be deeply affected, overpowered or overwhelmed by feelings or circumstances.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whelmverb

   to cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf

2. Whelmverb

   fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows

3. Whelmverb

   to throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it

4. Etymology: [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. wlben, OHG. welben, Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf. Gr. bosom, a hollow, a gulf.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whelm

   hwelm, v.t. to cover completely: to plunge deep: to overburden: to ruin, destroy.—v.i. to pass over in such a way as to submerge. [M. E. whelmen, whelven, to overturn (Ice. hválfa, Ger. wölben); allied to A.S. hwealf, arched; cf. Gr. kolpos, a gulf.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whelm

   To engulf, as though through being capsized by a wave; overburden, weaken or defeat; confuse or disorient

   
   

   Submitted by thesignaturesnice on April 21, 2020  

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   whelm

   圧倒する in Japanese.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on June 26, 2019  

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of whelm in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of whelm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=whelm
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Whelm
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=whelm
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whelm
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whelm
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=whelm