Whelmed
verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of whelm form-of, participle, past
Example
More examples""O son of Tydeus, bravest of the race, / why could not I have perished, too, that day / beneath thine arm, and breathed this soul away / far on the plains of Troy, where Hector brave / lay, pierced by fierce AEacide, where lay / giant Sarpedon, and swift Simois' wave / rolls heroes, helms and shields, whelmed in one watery grave?""
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