whelm

Speech parts

1. whelm - Noun

2. whelm - Verb

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

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

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

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