Associations to the word «Whelm»

Wiktionary

WHELM, verb. To cover; to submerge; to engulf; to bury.
WHELM, verb. To overcome with emotion.
WHELM, verb. (obsolete) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

Dictionary definition

WHELM, verb. Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli.

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza