Welter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A confused mass; a jumble: a welter of papers and magazines.
  • n. Confusion; turmoil.
  • verb-intransitive. To wallow, roll, or toss about, as in mud or high seas.
  • verb-intransitive. To lie soaked in a liquid.
  • verb-intransitive. To roll and surge, as the sea.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. general confusion; disorderly mixture; aimless effort; as, a welter of papers and magazines
  • v. to roll; to wallow
  • v. to be soaked or steeped in; as, to welter in one’s own blood
  • adj. Of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.
  • verb-intransitive. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
  • v. To wither; to wilt.
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting.
  • n. That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.
  • n. A rising or falling, as of waves.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In glove-manuf., one who puts the welting in the seams and sews them up.
  • To roll or toss; tumble about; flow or act waveringly, confusedly, or tumultuously: used chiefly of waves, or of things comparable to them.
  • To roll about, as in some fluid or unstable medium; be tossed or tumbled; hence, to wallow or grovel (in something).
  • To be exposed to or affected by some weltering or floating substance or medium: said of objects at rest.
  • To roll; cause to turn or revolve.
  • To subject to or affect by weltering; accomplish by or as if by wallowing.
  • n. Rolling or wallowing motion; a tossing or tumbling about; hence, turmoil; ferment; hurly-burly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a confused multitude of things
  • v. toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way
  • v. roll around,
  • v. be immersed in
  • Verb Form
    weltered    weltering    welters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    roll over    move   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wallow    wither    wilt    filth    mire    slough    tumble   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    belter    felter    helter    kelter    shelter    skelter    smelter    swelter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    jumble    maelstrom    whirlpool    vortex    flurry    whirl    tumult    swirl    kaleidoscope    maze