welter
1to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
to roll, writhe, or tumble about; wallow, as animals (often followed by about): pigs weltering about happily in the mud.
to lie bathed in or be drenched in something, especially blood.
to become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled, etc.: to welter in setbacks, confusion, and despair.
a confused mass; a jumble or muddle: a welter of anxious faces.
a state of commotion, turmoil, or upheaval: the welter that followed the surprise attack.
a rolling, tossing, or tumbling about, as or as if by the sea, waves, or wind: They found the shore through the mighty welter.
Origin of welter
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Informal. a welterweight boxer or wrestler.
(of a steeplechase or hurdle race) pertaining to, or noting a race in which the horses bear welterweights.
Origin of welter
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How to use welter in a sentence
There no longer is anywhere to hide from the swelter and welter of the American id.
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Out, he threaded his way recklessly through a welter of vehicles and picked up the tail as his man entered an office building.
A tiny blot it was, against the golden welter on the eastern horizon; a blot whence rose fine-pricked masts and useless sails.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandThere she could welter and rot if she pleased, fulfilling the excellent economy of life provided for us in these islands.
The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant | Alexander Johnstone Wilson
He was the representative of an old order going down in the unforeseeable welter of twentieth-century politics.
The Regent | E. Arnold BennettThe swirling water touched the sides of the long-boat and then receded when the stricken schooner struggled up from the welter.
Blow The Man Down | Holman Day
British Dictionary definitions for welter
/ (ˈwɛltə) /
to roll about, writhe, or wallow
(esp of the sea) to surge, heave, or toss
to lie drenched in a liquid, esp blood
a rolling motion, as of the sea
a confused mass; jumble
Origin of welter
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