Welter

['weltə] or ['wɛltɚ]

Definition

(verb.) be immersed in; 'welter in work'.

(verb.) toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; 'The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours'.

Checked by Debbie--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.

(v. i.) To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.

(v. i.) To wither; to wilt.

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.

(n.) That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.

(n.) A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.

Checker: Sinclair

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Wallow, tumble about, roll.

Typist: Murray

Definition

v.i. to roll or tumble about to wallow about esp. in dirt: to lie in some floating substance.—v.t. to make way in a weltering manner.—n. a tossing about a state of turmoil.—adj. Wel′tering.

Edited by Adela