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View synonyms for whelm
whelm
[ welm, hwelm ]
verb (used without object)
- to roll or surge over something so that it becomes submerged.
whelm
/ wɛlm /
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of whelm1
C13: whelmen to turn over, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
That canst not lift thy head above the waves Which whelm and sink thee down!
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The envious billows sidelong swell to whelm my track; let them; but first I pass.
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Far be it from the Judge of all the earth to whelm the innocent and guilty in the same destruction!
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Can it be that the grave shall whelm all this unuttered love in endless silence?
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The Scots were riding forward to whelm him when Brian's men drove down with a wild yell and smote the length of their flank.
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