قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

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Wheen (n.)

A quantity; a goodly number.

Wheeze (v. i.)

To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.

Wheeze (n.)

A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.

Wheeze (n.)

An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.

Wheezed (imp. & p. p.)

of Wheeze

Wheezing (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Wheeze

Wheezy (a.)

Breathing with difficulty and with a wheeze; wheezing. Used also figuratively.

Wheft (n.)

See Waft, n., 4.

Whelk (n.)

Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe.

Whelk (n.)

A papule; a pustule; acne.

Whelk (n.)

A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale.

Whelked (a.)

Having whelks; whelky; as, whelked horns.

Whelky (a.)

Having whelks, ridges, or protuberances; hence, streaked; striated.

Whelky (a.)

Shelly.

Whelm (v. t.)

To cover with water or other fluid; to cover by immersion in something that envelops on all sides; to overwhelm; to ingulf.

Whelm (v. t.)

Fig.: To cover completely, as if with water; to immerse; to overcome; as, to whelm one in sorrows.

Whelm (v. t.)

To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

Whelmed (imp. & p. p.)

of Whelm

Whelming (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Whelm

Whelp (n.)

One of the young of a dog or a beast of prey; a puppy; a cub; as, a lion's whelps.