welter
intransitive verb
- to roll about or wallow, as a pig does in mud
- to be deeply involved: to welter in work
- to be soaked, stained, or bathed: to welter in blood
- to tumble and toss about: said as of the sea
noun
- a tossing and tumbling, as of waves
- a confusion; turmoil
See welter in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(wĕlˈtər)
noun- A confused mass; a jumble: a welter of papers and magazines.
- Confusion; turmoil.
intransitive verb wel·tered,
wel·ter·ing,
wel·ters - To wallow, roll, or toss about, as in mud or high seas.
- To lie soaked in a liquid.
- To roll and surge, as the sea.
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