ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Whelming

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Whelming is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of whelm.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of whelm.

More Meanings

  1. Something that covers or submerges.

Example Sentences

But as the last whelmings intermixingly poured themselves over the sunken head of the Indian at the mainmast, leaving a few inches of the erect spar yet visible, together with long streaming yards of the flag, […]

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include overwhelm, overpower, overcome, overtake, swamper, demersion.

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