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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

Imperative
welt
welt
Present
I welt
you welt
he/she/it welts
we welt
you welt
they welt
Preterite
I welted
you welted
he/she/it welted
we welted
you welted
they welted
Present Continuous
I am welting
you are welting
he/she/it is welting
we are welting
you are welting
they are welting
Present Perfect
I have welted
you have welted
he/she/it has welted
we have welted
you have welted
they have welted
Past Continuous
I was welting
you were welting
he/she/it was welting
we were welting
you were welting
they were welting
Past Perfect
I had welted
you had welted
he/she/it had welted
we had welted
you had welted
they had welted
Future
I will welt
you will welt
he/she/it will welt
we will welt
you will welt
they will welt
Future Perfect
I will have welted
you will have welted
he/she/it will have welted
we will have welted
you will have welted
they will have welted
Future Continuous
I will be welting
you will be welting
he/she/it will be welting
we will be welting
you will be welting
they will be welting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been welting
you have been welting
he/she/it has been welting
we have been welting
you have been welting
they have been welting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been welting
you will have been welting
he/she/it will have been welting
we will have been welting
you will have been welting
they will have been welting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been welting
you had been welting
he/she/it had been welting
we had been welting
you had been welting
they had been welting
Conditional
I would welt
you would welt
he/she/it would welt
we would welt
you would welt
they would welt
Past Conditional
I would have welted
you would have welted
he/she/it would have welted
we would have welted
you would have welted
they would have welted
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.welt - a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
2.welt - a raised or strengthened seam
seam - joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
Verb1.welt - beat severely with a whip or rodwelt - 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

noun
1. A ridge or bump raised on the flesh, as by a lash or blow:
2. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke:
Informal: bash, biff, bop, clip, wallop.
Slang: belt, conk, paste.
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Translations
حاشِيَه
kantebånd
brydding, ræma
apmalenošuve
lem
kenar şeridi

welt

[welt]
A. N
1. (= weal) → verdugón m
2. [of garment] → ribete m
3. [of shoe] → vira f
B. VT
1. [+ shoe] → poner vira a
2. (= beat) → pegar, zurrar
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

welt

[ˈwɛlt] n (= weal) → marque f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

welt

n
(of shoe)Rahmen m; (of pullover)Bündchen nt
(= weal)Striemen m
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welt

[wɛlt] n (bruise) → livido
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

welt

(welt) noun
a band or strip fastened to an edge of an article of clothing for strength or for ornament.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

welt

n. verdugón, roncha.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

welt

n verdugo
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References in periodicals archive ?
Wrong sides together, fold welting around cording and pin first few inches.