As a noun welter
is welter (boxing class).
As a verb mixed is
(
mix).
As an adjective mixed is
having two or more separate aspects.
welter English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl). Cognates include (etyl) (m) ((etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
general confusion; disorderly mixture; aimless effort; as, a welter of papers and magazines
Verb
( en verb)
to roll; to wallow
(intransitive, sometimes, figurative) to be soaked or steeped in.
* Latimer
- When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards.
* Spenser
- These wizards welter in wealth's waves.
* Landor
- the priests at the altar weltering in their blood
To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
* Milton
- the weltering waves
* Wordsworth
- waves that, hardly weltering , die away
* Trench
- through this blindly weltering sea
Derived terms
* (l)
Etymology 2
Adjective
Of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.
Derived terms
* welter-weight
Etymology 3
Compare wilt (intransitive verb).
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mixed English
Verb
(head)
(mix)
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having two or more separate aspects.
- I get a very mixed feeling from this puzzling painting.
Not completely pure, tainted or adulterated.
- My joy was somewhat mixed when my partner said she was pregnant: it's a lot of responsibility.
Including both male(s) and female(s).
- The tennis match was mixed with a boy and a girl on each side.
- ''My son attends a mixed school, my daughter an all-girl grammar school.
Stemming from two or more races or breeds
- ''The benefit dog show has both mixed and single-breed competitions.
- ''Mixed blood can surprisingly produce inherited properties which neither parent showed
Synonyms
* heterogenous
* (not pure) impure
Antonyms
* unmixed
* homogenous
Derived terms
* mixed blessing
* mixed bud
* mixed company
* mixed doubles
* mixed drink
* mixed farming
* mixed marriage
* mixed message
* mixed number
Related terms
* mixer
* mixture
Anagrams
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