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Dictionary: welt   (wĕlt) pronunciation
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.
    1. A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction.
    2. 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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noun

  1. A ridge or bump raised on the flesh, as by a lash or blow: wale, weal2, wheal, whelk. See marks.
  2. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: bang, blow2, clout, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug3, sock, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. Informal bash, biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang belt, conk, paste. See attack/defend, strike/miss.

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1. In sheet-metal roofing, a seam which joins two sheets; formed by folding over the edges of the sheets, engaging the folded portions and then dressing them down flat.
2. A strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A raised or strengthened seam. A raised mark on the skin (as produced by a blow).

pronunciation I had a welt on my cheek after getting hit with the baseball.

Wikipedia: Welt
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A welt is an alternative name for a wheal, a skin lesion. Welt may also refer to:


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rand, snorkantning, kantebånd, stribe, strime
v. tr. - randsy, gennemprygle

Nederlands (Dutch)
striem, smal stuk leer tussen zool en bovenschoen, koord met stof erom ter versteviging van een naad

Français (French)
n. - trépointe, bordure à côtes, marque (de coup)
v. tr. - renforcer avec des trépointes, rouer de coups

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rahmen (Schuh), Strieme, Borte, Stoßkante, Hieb
v. - mit einer Borte versehen, schlagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μώλωπας ή ουλή ραβδισμού, βουρδουλιά
v. - ξυλοκοπώ άγρια

Italiano (Italian)
livido, guardone, tramezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pancada forte (f)
v. - bater

Русский (Russian)
рант (обуви), оторочка, подшивка, кайма, след, шрам, обшивать, полосовать

Español (Spanish)
n. - verdugón, vira, ribete, vivo
v. tr. - ribetear, poner vira, levantar ronchas, dar una paliza a

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rand, bård, strimma, ärr
v. - kanta, strimma, prygla

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
贴边, 殴打, 鞭痕, 装饰, 鞭打

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 貼邊, 毆打, 鞭痕
v. tr. - 裝飾, 鞭打

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 구두창에 맞꿰매는 가죽테, 변두리 장식
v. tr. - 구두창에 가죽테를 맞 꿰매다, 가장자리 장식을 붙이다, 채찍 자국을 내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 継ぎ目皮, 縁飾り, むちの跡, みみずばれ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) النجاش أي سير يجعل بين نعل الحذاء وفرعته ثم يخرز بينهما, الحبار أي اثر الضرب, ضربه شديدة, حاشيه للتقويه أو للتزيين (فعل) يزود بنجاش أو بحاشيه, يضرب ضربا مبرحا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רצועת-מלקות, חבורה, רצועת-עור סביב הנעל אליה מחברים את הסוליה, פתיל-חיזוק, מכה חזקה, שולי בגד מחוזקים‬
v. tr. - ‮תפר רצועת-עור סביב הנעל, הלקה‬


 
 
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