English to English
welter
('w/E/lt/@/r
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adjective (a)
- Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a confused multitude of things(noun.state)source: wordnet30
- That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way(verb.motion)Example:
The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours.
source: wordnet30 - be immersed in(verb.cognition)Example:
Welter in work.
source: wordnet30 - To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.(verb)source: webster1913
- To wither; to wilt.(verb)source: webster1913
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