[wel-ter] 
| 1. | to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea. |
| 2. | to roll, writhe, or tumble about; wallow, as animals (often fol. by about): pigs weltering about happily in the mud. |
| 3. | to lie bathed in or be drenched in something, esp. blood. |
| 4. | to become deeply or extensively involved, associated, entangled, etc.: to welter in setbacks, confusion, and despair. |
| 5. | a confused mass; a jumble or muddle: a welter of anxious faces. |
| 6. | a state of commotion, turmoil, or upheaval: the welter that followed the surprise attack. |
| 7. | a rolling, tossing, or tumbling about, as or as if by the sea, waves, or wind: They found the shore through the mighty welter. |
