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Noun: welter  weltu(r)
  1. A confused multitude of things
    - clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, smother
Verb: welter  weltu(r)
  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"
    - wallow
     
  3. Be immersed in
    "welter in work"

Derived forms: weltering, welters, weltered

Type of: disorder, disorderliness, move, roll over

Encyclopedia: Welter