Definitions for welter
ˈwɛl tərwel·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smotherverb

   a confused multitude of things

2. welterverb

   toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way

   "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours"

3. wallow, welterverb

   roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

4. welterverb

   be immersed in

   "welter in work"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. welteradjective

   Of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Welterverb

   Etymology: wealtan , Saxon; welteren, Dutch; volutari, Lat.

   1. To roll in water or more.

   He must not float upon his watry bier
   Unweep’d, nor welter to the parching winds. John Milton.

   The companions of his fall o’erwhelm’d
   He soon discerns; and well ring by his side
   The next himself. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. i.

   The gasping head flies off; a purple flood
   Flows from the trunk, that welters in the blood. Dryden.

   He sung Darius, great and good,
   By too severe a fate,
   Fallen from his high estate,
   And welt’ring in his blood. John Dryden, St. Cecilia.

   2. To roll voluntarily; to wallow.

   If a man inglut himself with vanity, or welter in filthiness like a swine, all learning, all goodness is soon forgotten. Roger Ascham.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Welterverb

   to roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow

2. Welterverb

   to rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows

3. Welterverb

   to wither; to wilt

4. Welteradjective

   of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes

5. Welternoun

   that in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough

6. Welternoun

   a rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest

7. Etymology: [Freq. of OE. walten to roll over, AS. wealtan; akin to LG. weltern, G. walzen to roll, to waltz, sich wlzen to welter, OHG. walzan to roll, Icel. velta, Dan. vlte, Sw. vltra, vlta; cf. Goth. waltjan; probably akin to E. wallow, well, v. i. 146. See Well, v. i., and cf. Waltz.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Welter

   wel′tėr, v.i. to roll or tumble about, to wallow about, esp. in dirt: to lie in some floating substance.—v.t. to make way in a weltering manner.—n. a tossing about, a state of turmoil.—adj. Wel′tering. [M. E. walten, to roll over—A.S. wealtan, to roll.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WELTER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Welter is ranked #7080 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Welter surname appeared 4,729 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Welter.
   
   96% or 4,543 total occurrences were White.
   1.6% or 79 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 57 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.5% or 26 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
   0.1% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Roll Over

How to pronounce welter?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of welter in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of welter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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