All whelm synonyms
whelm
W w verb whelm
- defeat β If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
- conquer β If one country or group of people conquers another, they take complete control of their land.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- stun β to deprive of consciousness or strength by or as if by a blow, fall, etc.: The blow to his jaw stunned him for a moment.
- surmount β to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- survive β to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
- weather β the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.
- win β to finish first in a race, contest, or the like.
- best β Best is the superlative of good.
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- hurdle β a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.
- lick β to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- master β botmaster
- outlive β to live longer than; survive (a person, period, etc.): She outlived her husband by many years.
- overthrow β to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
- prevail β to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
- render β to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
- shock β a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
- subdue β to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- subjugate β to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
- throw β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- vanquish β to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- worst β in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
- get around β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get the better of β of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- rise above β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- brim β The brim of a hat is the wide part that sticks outwards at the bottom.
- cascade β If you refer to a cascade of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it.
- drain β to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- leak β an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes: a leak in the roof.
- run over β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- spill β to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- spill over β be full of: emotion
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- discharge β to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- irrupt β to break or burst in suddenly.
- issue β the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
- jet β a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
- overtop β to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
- shed β Textiles. (on a loom) a triangular, transverse opening created between raised and lowered warp threads through which the shuttle passes in depositing the loose pick.
- shower β a person or thing that shows.
- slop β to spill or splash (liquid).
- slosh β to splash or move through water, mud, or slush.
- spout β to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
- spray β a single, slender shoot, twig, or branch with its leaves, flowers, or berries.
- spurt β to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
- squirt β to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- water β a liquid solution or preparation, especially one used for cosmetic purposes: lavender water; lemon water.
- wave β a member of the Waves.