Weltering
verb (used without object)
1.
to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
2.
to roll, writhe, or tumble about; wallow, as animals (often followed by about):
pigs weltering about happily in the mud.
3.
to lie bathed in or be drenched in something, especially blood.
4.
to become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled, etc.:
to welter in setbacks, confusion, and despair.
noun
5.
a confused mass; a jumble or muddle:
a welter of anxious faces.
6.
a state of commotion, turmoil, or upheaval:
the welter that followed the surprise attack.
7.
a rolling, tossing, or tumbling about, as or as if by the sea, waves, or wind:
They found the shore through the mighty welter.
verb (intransitive)
1.
to roll about, writhe, or wallow
2.
(esp of the sea) to surge, heave, or toss
3.
to lie drenched in a liquid, esp blood
noun
4.
a rolling motion, as of the sea
5.
a confused mass; jumble
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