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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tangle Etymology 1
Origin uncertain; apparently a variant form of (tagle).
Verb
( tangl)
to become mixed together or intertwined
- Her hair was tangled from a day in the wind.
to be forced into some kind of situation
to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight
- Don't tangle with someone three times your size.
- He tangled with the law.
to mix together or intertwine
to catch and hold
* Milton
- Tangled in amorous nets.
* Crashaw
- When my simple weakness strays, / Tangled in forbidden ways.
Synonyms
* (to become mixed together or intertwined) dishevel, tousle
* (to be forced into some kind of situation) drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up
* argue, conflict, dispute, fight
* (to mix together or intertwine) entangle, knot, mat, snarl
* (to catch and hold) entrap
Antonyms
* (to mix together or intertwine) untangle, unsnarl
Noun
( en noun)
A tangled twisted mass.
A complicated or confused state or condition.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Boundary problems
, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
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An argument, conflict, dispute, or fight.
(mathematics) A region of the projection of a knot such that the knot crosses its perimeter exactly four times.
Synonyms
* (tangled twisted mass) knot, mess, snarl
* (complicated or confused state or condition) maze, snarl
* argument, conflict, dispute, fight
Etymology 2
Of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian tongul, Faroese tongul, Icelandic .
Noun
( en noun)
Any large type of seaweed, especially a species of Laminaria .
* 1849 , , In Memoriam , 10:
- Than if with thee the roaring wells / Should gulf him fathom-deep in brine; / And hands so often clasped in mine, / Should toss with tangle and with shells.
(in the plural) An instrument consisting essentiallly of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
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