Definition of whelm

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