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Welter is defined as to roll around in, or be completely absorbed in or by something.

(verb)

An example of welter is a child rolling around in pillow fill.
An example of welter is a tax preparer being burried in filing taxes just before April 15th.

The definition of a welter is a tossing or throwing and dropping, or major confusion.

(noun)

An example of a welter is the rise and fall of the stock market.
An example of a welter is how someone feels after they've had a seizure.

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See welter in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

1. to roll about or wallow, as a pig does in mud
2. 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

Origin: ME weltren < MDu welteren, freq. formation akin to OE wealtan, to roll, boil up: for IE base see well

noun

a tossing and tumbling, as of waves
a confusion; turmoil

See welter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English welteren, to toss about, as in high seas

Origin: , from Middle Low German

Origin: or Middle Dutch, to roll; see wel-² in Indo-European roots

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