- to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
- to roll, writhe, or tumble about; wallow, as animals (often followed by about): pigs weltering about happily in the mud.
- to lie bathed in or be drenched in something, especially blood.
- to become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled, etc.: to welter in setbacks, confusion, and despair.
- a confused mass; a jumble or muddle: a welter of anxious faces.
- a state of commotion, turmoil, or upheaval: the welter that followed the surprise attack.
- a rolling, tossing, or tumbling about, as or as if by the sea, waves, or wind: They found the shore through the mighty welter.
- a welterweight boxer or wrestler.
- (of a steeplechase or hurdle race) pertaining to, or noting a race in which the horses bear welterweights.
- to roll about, writhe, or wallow
- (esp of the sea) to surge, heave, or toss
- to lie drenched in a liquid, esp blood
- a rolling motion, as of the sea
- a confused mass; jumble
