Welter Definition & Meaning

welter
noun
  1. a confused multitude of things
verb
  1. toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"
  2. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"
  3. be immersed in; "welter in work"

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