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Meaning of "whelked" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHELKED

whelked  [ˈwɛlkt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHELKED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whelked is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WHELKED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of whelked in the English dictionary

The definition of whelked in the dictionary is shaped like a whelk; ridged. Other definition of whelked is covered by whelks.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHELKED


mulct
mʌlkt
unmilked
ʌnˈmɪlkt
welkt
wɛlkt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHELKED

wheeple
wheesh
wheesht
wheeze
wheezer
wheezily
wheeziness
wheezle
wheezy
whelk
whelky
whelm
whelp
whelpless
whemmle
when
when one´s ship comes in
when push comes to shove
when the balloon goes up
when the chips are down

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHELKED

backed
blocked
checked
cracked
hand-picked
hooked
leaked
locked
marked
naked
packed
parked
shocked
smoked
stalked
tracked
unlocked
unstalked
wicked
worked

Synonyms and antonyms of whelked in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whelked» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHELKED

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Translator English - Chinese

whelked
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

whelked
570 millions of speakers

English

whelked
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

whelked
380 millions of speakers
ar

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whelked
280 millions of speakers

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whelked
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

whelked
270 millions of speakers

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whelked
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whelked
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Whelked
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whelked
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whelked
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whelked
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Translator English - Javanese

Whelked
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

whelked
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

whelked
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Whelked
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

whelked
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

whelked
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Translator English - Polish

whelked
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

whelked
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

whelked
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

whelked
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af

Translator English - Afrikaans

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14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

whelked
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

whelked
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whelked

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHELKED»

The term «whelked» is normally little used and occupies the 145.886 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHELKED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «whelked» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «whelked» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whelked

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHELKED»

Discover the use of whelked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whelked and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shakspeare's tragedy of King Lear, with notes, adapted for ...
1 JSourn.'] Boundary. See Note 2, p. 85. * That benefit, to end.'] The benefit of ending. 4 Whelked. Varied -with protuberances, twisted, convolved like the shell of the whelk. 5 Who make them honours, Ju] Who make honours for themselves Glo ...
William Shakespeare, John Hunter (of Uxbridge), 1865
2
CliffsComplete King Lear
precipitating: falling. Ten...each: ten ships' masts, one on top of the other. bourn: boundary. gorged: throated. whelked: twisted into spirals. who...impossibilities: who promote honor for themselves by performing miracles impossible for humans.
William Shakespeare, 2004
3
Shakespeare's Non-Standard English: A Dictionary of His ...
a.l; sympathized f'arranged of corresponding parts': A message well simpathis'd, ( LL 3.1.49, Moth), OED Sympathized ppl.a.la; vexed *'turbulent': As mad as the vext Sea, (KL 4.3.2, Cordelia; vent HL sc.18.2), OED Vexed ppl.a.3; whelked ...
Norman Blake, Norman Francis Blake, 2006
4
The First Quarto of King Lear
A had a thousand noses, 70 Horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea. It was some fiend. Therefore, thou happy father, Think that the clearest gods, who make their honours Of men's impossibilities, have preserved thee. GLOUCESTER ...
William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio, 1994
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King Lear: Third Series
He had a thousand noses, 70 Horns whelked and waved like the enraged sea. compare 'afoot' : on foot) Honigmannz, 86, suggests that he may shri11—gorged shrill-sounding (from struggle first into a kneeling position, 'gorge' : throat) ...
William Shakespeare, R.A. Foakes, 1997
6
Shakespeare's Spiral: Tracing the Snail in King Lear and ...
What does this perfectly incongruous and physically absurd image having thousands of noses, eyes like moons as well as “horns [that] whelked and waved like the enridgèd sea” signify? It is this same kind of questioning, this same fervent ...
François-Xavier Gleyzon, 2010
7
Devil Theatre: Demonic Possession and Exorcism in English ...
He had a thousand noses, Horns whelked and waved like the enraged sea. (4.5. 69-71) Exorcism is represented here as one of the illusions created by Edgar in his attempt to cure his father of his suicidal despair: 'the clearest gods [...] have ...
Jan Frans van Dijkhuizen, 2007
8
The London Shakespeare: The tragedies
EDGAR As I stood here below, methought his eyes Were two full moons ; he had a thousand noses, 70 Horns whelked and waved like the enridged sea : Jt was some fiend. Therefore, thou happy father, Think that the clearest gods, who make  ...
William Shakespeare, John James Munro, 1957
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The London Shakespeare: a new annotated and critical edition ...
EDGAR As I stood here below, methought his eyes Were two full moons ; he had a thousand noses, 70 Horns whelked and wav6d like the enridged sea : It was some fiend. Therefore, thou happy father, Think that the clearest gods, who make  ...
John James Munro, 1958
10
Appreciating literature: teacher's manual with mastery tests
Have students identify the many unexpected adjectives the poet uses to describe his subject and create his tone (notched, whelked, pocked, smashed, rustproof). Point out that the great dignity with which he describes these common items ...
Creative Freelancers, Inc, Scribner Educational Publishers, 1987

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« EDUCALINGO. Whelked [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/whelked>. Apr 2024 ».
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