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Noun: welter  wel-tu(r)
  1. A confused multitude of things
    - clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, smother, scramble
Verb: welter  wel-tu(r)
  1. Toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way
    "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"
     
  2. Roll around
    - wallow
     
  3. Be immersed in
    "welter in work"

Derived forms: weltered, weltering, welters

Type of: disorder, disorderliness, move, roll over

Encyclopedia: Welter, David

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