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welter
v. wallow, be soaked (as in blood); be immersed or entangled in
 
n. confusion, turmoil; chaos, disorder; wallowing, rolling around in; welterweight


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Welter
Welter may refer to WelterweightWelter Racing, a French sports car maker (WR) that mainly enters in the 24 Hours of Le MansGérard Welter of Welter RacingKurt Welter, German fighter ace of World War II.Rachel Welter of Welter RacingNik Welter, writer
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welter
Noun
1. a confused multitude of things
(synonym) clutter, jumble, muddle, mare's nest, smother
(hypernym) disorderliness, disorder
(hyponym) rummage
Verb
1. toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way; "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"
(hypernym) roll over
2. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"
(synonym) wallow
(hypernym) move
3. be immersed in; "welter in work"


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wélter (m)
n. welterweight, boxing weight between lightweight and middleweight

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Welter
(v. i.)
To wither; to wilt.
  
 
(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.
  
 
(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.
  
 
(a.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
  

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