Dictionary Entry
whelm
whelm is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.
- 2transitive verb
Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.
- 3transitive verb
To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
- 4verb
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
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