Associations to the word «Whelm»

Wiktionary

WHELM, verb. To cover; to submerge; to engulf; to bury.
WHELM, verb. To overcome with emotion.
WHELM, verb. (obsolete) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

Dictionary definition

WHELM, verb. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.

Wise words

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
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