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welt
(wĕlt)n.
1. A strip, as of leather or other material, stitched into a shoe between the sole and the upper.
2. A tape or covered cord sewn into a seam as reinforcement or trimming.
3.
a. A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction.
b. A lash or blow producing such a mark.
tr.v. welt·ed, welt·ing, welts
1. To reinforce or trim with a welt.
2. To beat severely; flog.
3. To raise welts or a welt on.
[Middle English welte.]
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welt
(wɛlt)n
1. (Knitting & Sewing) a raised or strengthened seam or edge, sewn in or on a knitted garment
2. (Pathology) another word for weal1
3. (Clothing & Fashion) (in shoemaking) a strip of leather, etc, put in between the outer sole and the inner sole and upper
vb (tr)
4. (Knitting & Sewing) to put a welt in (a garment, etc)
5. to beat or flog soundly
[C15: origin unknown]
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welt
(wɛlt)n.
1. a ridge or wale on the surface of the body, as from a blow of a stick or whip.
2. a blow producing such a ridge or wale.
3.
a. a strip, as of leather, to which the edges of the insole and upper of a shoe are attached, the whole then being joined to the outsole.
b. a strip, usu. of leather, that ornaments a shoe.
4. a strip of material sewn along the edge of a garment, etc., for strength or as decoration.
v.t. 5. to beat soundly, as with a stick or whip.
6. to furnish or supply (a shoe or garment) with welts.
[1375–1425; welte, walt shoemaker's welt, Old English wælt (thigh) sinew]
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welt
Past participle: welted
Gerund: welting
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Noun | 1. | welt - a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions |
2. | welt - a raised or strengthened seam seam - joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces | |
Verb | 1. | welt - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" beat up, work over, beat - give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" flagellate, scourge - whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" leather - whip with a leather strap horsewhip - whip with a whip intended for horses switch - flog with or as if with a flexible rod cowhide - flog with a cowhide cat - beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails birch - whip with a birch twig |
2. | welt - put a welt on; "welt the shoes" add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
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welt
noun mark, scar, ridge, streak, stripe, weal, wheal, wale, contusion He had a red welt on the side of his face where Pringle's blow had landed.
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welt
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Translations
حاشِيَه
kantebånd
brydding, ræma
apmalenošuve
lem
kenar şeridi
welt
[welt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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welt
(welt) noun a band or strip fastened to an edge of an article of clothing for strength or for ornament.
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welt
n. verdugón, roncha.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
welt
n verdugoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.