All whelm synonyms

verb whelm

• overwhelm — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
• soak — to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid.
• submerge — to put or sink below the surface of water or any other enveloping medium.
• swamp — a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
• drown — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
• flush — a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
• gush — to flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement: Water gushed from the broken pipe.
• pour — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
• sluice — an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
• sop — a piece of solid food, as bread, for dipping in liquid food.
• souse — to swoop or pounce upon.
• stream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
• wet — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
• go down — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• immerse — to plunge into or place under a liquid; dip; sink.
• inundate — to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge.
• sink — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
• suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
• wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
• asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
• deluge — A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
• dip — to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
• obliterate — to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely.
• overcome — to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
• overpower — to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
• plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
• prostrate — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
• stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
• go under — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• knock over — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• absorb — If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
• bury — To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth.
• consume — If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
• encompass — Surround and have or hold within.
• envelop — Wrap up, cover, or surround completely.
• engross — Absorb all the attention or interest of.
• imbibe — to consume (liquids) by drinking; drink: He imbibed great quantities of iced tea.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• fill — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
• flow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
• rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
• saturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
• sweep — to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
• glut — to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.
• oversupply — an excessive supply.
• surge — a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
• swarm — a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
• dunk — to dip (a doughnut, cake, etc.) into coffee, milk, or the like, before eating.
• snow — Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905–80, English novelist and scientist.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.