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Helming
(gcide) | Helm \Helm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Helmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Helming.]
To steer; to guide; to direct. [R.]
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The business he hath helmed. --Shak.
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A wild wave . . . overbears the bark,
And him that helms it. --Tennyson.
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overwhelming
(encz) | overwhelming,drtivý adj: Zdeněk Brožoverwhelming,naprostý adj: Zdeněk Brožoverwhelming,ohromný adj: Zdeněk Brožoverwhelming,zdrcující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
overwhelming majority
(encz) | overwhelming majority,drtivá většina [fráz.] Ivan Masár |
overwhelmingly
(encz) | overwhelmingly,nesmírně adv: Zdeněk Brožoverwhelmingly,ohromně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
underwhelming
(encz) | underwhelming,neohromující adj: Pino |
Overwhelming
(gcide) | Overwhelming \O`ver*whelm"ing\, a.
Overpowering; irresistible. -- O`ver*whelm"ing*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]Overwhelm \O`ver*whelm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overwhelmed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Overwhelming.]
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1. To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow
and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to
immerse and bear down; to overpower; to crush; to bury; to
oppress, etc., overpoweringly.
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The sea overwhelmed their enemies. --Ps. lxxviii.
53.
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Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and
horror hath overwhelmed me. --Ps. lv. 5.
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Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them. --Shak.
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Gaza yet stands; but all her sons are fallen,
All in a moment overwhelmed and fallen. --Milton.
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2. To project or impend over threateningly.
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His louering brows o'erwhelming his fair sight.
--Shak.
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3. To cause to surround, to cover. --Papin.
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Overwhelmingly
(gcide) | Overwhelming \O`ver*whelm"ing\, a.
Overpowering; irresistible. -- O`ver*whelm"ing*ly, adv.
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Underwhelming
(gcide) | Underwhelming \Un`der*whelm"ing\, a.
1. Less interesting than expected; dull.
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2. Smaller than expected or hoped; as, an underwhelming
response.
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Whelming
(gcide) | Whelm \Whelm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whelmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whelming.] [OE. whelmen to turn over, akin to OE. whelven,
AS. whelfan, hwylfan, in ?whylfan, ?whelfan, to overwhelm,
cover over; akin to OS. bihwelbian, D. welven to arch, G.
w["o]lben, OHG. welben, Icel. hvelfa to overturn; cf. Gr. ?
bosom, a hollow, a gulf.]
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1. To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion
in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to
ingulf.
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She is my prize, or ocean whelm them all! --Shak.
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The whelming billow and the faithless oar. --Gay.
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2. Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse;
to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows. "The whelming
weight of crime." --J. H. Newman.
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3. To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
[Obs.] --Mortimer.
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overwhelming
(wn) | overwhelming
adj 1: so strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need
for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become
overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority" [syn:
overpowering, overwhelming]
2: very intense; "politics is his consuming passion";
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overwhelmingly
(wn) | overwhelmingly
adv 1: incapable of being resisted; "the candy looked
overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man" [syn:
overwhelmingly, overpoweringly, irresistibly] |
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