Thesaurus: whelm

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1. v. t. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
2. v. t. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.
3. v. t. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
4. v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
5. v. to neither fail to meet nor exceed expectation
6. 1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! Shak. The whelming billow and the faithless oar. Gay. 2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. "The whelming weight of crime." J. H. Newman. 3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. [Obs.] Mortimer.
7. v overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli