welter (n.)

  1. a confused multitude of things

    [ Syn: clutter , jumble , muddle , fuddle , mares nest , smother ]

    welter (v.)

  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

    [ Syn: wallow ]

  3. be immersed in; welter in work'

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