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whelm
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whelm
v.
flood, cover; deluge; pass over or roll over something so as to submerge it, drown; overwhelm, overcome, overpower
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whelm
Verb
1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
(synonym) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, overcome, overtake
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) devastate
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Whelm
(v. t.)
To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
(v. t.)
To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
(v. t.)
Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.
Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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whelm
Synonyms and related words:
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
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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whelm
whelm /welm/
- ngoại động từ
- (th ca); (văn học) làm chìm, làm đắm, dìm xuống
- (th ca); (văn học) làm chìm, làm đắm, dìm xuống
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