whelm

Meaning of whelm

verb
  1. engulf, submerge, or bury.
    a swimmer whelmed in a raging storm
noun
  1. an act or instance of flowing or heaping up abundantly; a surge.
    the whelm of the tide

Middle English: representing an Old English form parallel to hwelfan ‘overturn (a vessel’).

Information about whelm

  • The plural form of whelm is: whelms.
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Hyphenation of whelm

whelm

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • whelm is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

whelm synonyms

Meaning overwhelm:

overwhelm, overpower, overcome, overtake

Words that rhyme with whelm

Helm, helm, schelm, Aldhelm, Stechhelm, Stahlhelm, Wilhelm, stahlhelm, Tarnhelm, enhelm, unhelm, uphelm, dishelm, overwhelm, underwhelm, upwhelm

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