1. rolling about or wallowing
Usage: present participle of welter
2. being soaked or stained with liquid, especially blood
Usage: present participle of welter

1. characterized by confusion or turmoil
Usage: literary

Examples

• The injured animal lay weltering in the mud.
• He found the victim weltering in blood.
• The ship was weltering in the heavy seas.
• The battlefield was a weltering mass of confusion.
• She emerged from the weltering crowd of protesters.
• The horse was weltering on the ground after the fall.