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whelmings

whelmings is the plural of whelming.

Meaning of whelming

Noun

whelming (plural whelmings)

  1. Something that covers or submerges.
    • But as the last whelmings intermixingly poured themselves over the sunken head of the Indian at the mainmast, leaving a few inches of the erect spar yet visible, together with long streaming yards of the flag, […]1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Questions about whelmings

What is whelmings the plural of?
Whelmings is the plural of whelming.

Words near whelmings in the dictionary

  1. whelky
  2. Whelley
  3. whelm
  4. whelmed
  5. whelming
  6. whelmings
  7. whelms
  8. whelp
  9. whelpday
  10. whelpdays
  11. whelped

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