whelm

v. flood, cover; deluge; pass over or roll over something so as to submerge it, drown; overwhelm, overcome, overpower

Verb
1. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
(synonym) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, overcome, overtake
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) devastate

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

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

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

Synonyms and related words:
baptize, be prodigal with, blank, bulldoze, bury, cascade, cataract, clobber, cream, defeat utterly, deluge, dip, douse, drown, duck, dunk, engulf, float, flood, flood the market, flow on, immerge, immerse, inundate, knock over, merge, overbear, overbrim, overcome, overdose, overequip, overflow, overfurnish, overlavish, overpower, overprovender, overprovide, overprovision, overrun, oversell, overstock, oversupply, overwhelm, paste, plunge in water, pour on, pour out, pour over, prostrate, rain, run over, schmear, shellac, shut out, sink, skunk, slop, slosh, sluice, smear, snow under, souse, spill, spill out, spill over, steamroller, submerge, submerse, swamp, sweep, whitewash, whomp, whop
  

whelm /welm/
ngoại động từ (th ca); (văn học) làm chìm, làm đắm, dìm xuống
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