WELTER
\wˈɛltə], \wˈɛltə], \w_ˈɛ_l_t_ə]\
Definitions of WELTER
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Princeton University
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To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.
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To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
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To wither; to wilt.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
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That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.
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A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.
By Oddity Software
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To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.
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To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
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To wither; to wilt.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, the most heavily weighted race in a meeting; as, a welter race; the welter stakes.
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That in which any person or thing welters, or wallows; filth; mire; slough.
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A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest.
By Noah Webster.
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To role in mud or mire; to wallow, as a hog; to be in a state of moral corruption ; to rise and fall with violent tossing, as waves.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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