- weltering
- wel·ter || 'weltə(r) n. confusion, turmoil; chaos, disorder; wallowing, rolling around in; welterweight v. wallow, be soaked (as in blood); be immersed or entangled in
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Weltering — Welter Wel ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Weltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weltering}.] [Freq. of OE. walten to roll over, AS. wealtan; akin to LG. weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich w[ a]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
weltering — welˈtering adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑welter … Useful english dictionary
Welter — Wel ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Weltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weltering}.] [Freq. of OE. walten to roll over, AS. wealtan; akin to LG. weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich w[ a]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan. v[ae]lte, Sw … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weltered — Welter Wel ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Weltered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Weltering}.] [Freq. of OE. walten to roll over, AS. wealtan; akin to LG. weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich w[ a]lzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wallow — wallow, welter, grovel can imply heavy clumsy movement and, when the reference is to man, a debased, pitiable, or ignoble condition. Wallow basically implies a lurching or rolling to and fro (as of a pig in the mire or a ship in the trough of a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
welter — I. intransitive verb (weltered; weltering) Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch welteren to roll, Old High German walzan, Lithuanian volioti, Latin volvere more at voluble Date: 14th century 1. a. writhe, toss; also wallow … New Collegiate Dictionary
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