- 1. v. i. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. Source: opted
- 2. v. i. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. Source: opted
- 3. v. i. To wither; to wilt. Source: opted
- 4. a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes. Source: opted
- 5. n. That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough. Source: opted
- 6. n. A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest. Source: opted
- 7. n. a confused multitude of things Source: wordnet
- 8. v. toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way Source: wordnet
- 9. v. roll around Source: wordnet
- 10. v. be immersed in Source: wordnet
- 11. 1. To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow. When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards. Latimer. These wizards welter in wealth's waves. Spenser. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Milton. The priests at the altar . . . weltering in their blood. Landor. 2. To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows. "The weltering waves." Milton. Waves that, hardly weltering, die away. Wordsworth. Through this blindly weltering sea. Trench. To wither; to wilt. [R.] Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories. I. Taylor. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes. 1. That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough. The foul welter of our so-called religious or other controversies. Carlyle. 2. A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest. Source: webster
- 12. To wither; to wilt. [R.]Weltered hearts and blighted . . . memories. I. Taylor. Source: adambom
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