| NOUN | state | welter, clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, smother | a confused / confused multitude of things |
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| VERB | motion | welter | toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way |
| motion | welter, wallow | roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud" | |
| cognition | welter | be immersed in |
| Sounds | weh'lter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 633 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | A confused / confused multitude of things. | |
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| Synonyms | clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, smother | |
| Narrower | rummage | A jumble of things to be given away |
| Broader | disorderliness, disorder | A condition in which things are not in their expected places |
| Catalan | confusió | |
| Spanish | confusión | |
| Meaning | toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The shipwrecked survivors weltered in the sea for hours" | |
| Broader | roll over | make a rolling motion or turn |
| Meaning | roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud". | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | wallow | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Meaning | Be immersed in. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "welter in work" | |