Whelming
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Something that covers or submerges.
"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, […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of whelm form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"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, […]"
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