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whemmel

Syllables: whem·melUK/ˈ(h)wɛm(ə)l/

whemmel verb: to engulf, to submerge.

Verb

whemmel (third-person singular simple present whemmels, present participle (US) whemmeling or (UK) whemmelling, simple past and past participle (US) whemmeled or (UK) whemmelled)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To engulf, to submerge.
    Synonyms:
    whelm
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
    Synonyms:
    whelm
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To turn (something) upside down, to invert; to capsize, to overturn; (specifically) to drink a glass (of an alcoholic beverage) completely.
  4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, figuratively, transitive) To confound, to disrupt.
  5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To capsize; to walk clumsily; to fall over.

Noun

whemmel (plural whemmels)

  1. An overthrow, an overturn.

whemmel meaning in Bengali

whemmel in Bengali

গ্রাস করা, নিমজ্জিত করা, উল্টে দেওয়া, উল্টানো, ডুবে যাওয়া, পাল্টে দেওয়া

Synonyms of whemmel

Forms of whemmel

Verb
third-person singular presentwhemmels
present participle USwhemmeling
present participle UKwhemmelling
past participle USwhemmeled
past USwhemmeled
past participle UKwhemmelled
past UKwhemmelled
Noun
pluralwhemmels
alternative formwhammel
alternative formwhammle
alternative formwhemmle
alternative formwhomble
alternative formwhommle
alternative formwhummel
alternative formwhummle

Origin of whemmel

A frequentative form of whelm equivalent to whelm + -le, or formed from that word by metathesis.

Questions about whemmel

What does whemmel mean?
Whemmel means to engulf, to submerge.
What is whemmel in Bengali?
Whemmel in Bengali is গ্রাস করা, নিমজ্জিত করা, উল্টে দেওয়া. See Whemmel meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is whemmel?
Whemmel can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce whemmel?
Whemmel is pronounced /ˈ(h)wɛm(ə)l/ (UK).
What is the past tense of whemmel?
The past tense of whemmel is whemmeled.

Words near whemmel in the dictionary

  1. whelplings
  2. whelps
  3. whelpy
  4. Whelton
  5. Wheltons
  6. whemmel
  7. whemmeled
  8. whemmeling
  9. whemmelled
  10. whemmelling
  11. whemmels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whemmel (page history and authors); whemmel (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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