What does WELT mean?
Definitions for WELT
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word WELT.
Princeton's WordNet
wale, welt, weal, whealnoun
a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
weltverb
a raised or strengthened seam
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounceverb
beat severely with a whip or rod
"The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
weltverb
put a welt on
"welt the shoes"
GCIDE
weltnoun
A raised ridge on the surface of the skin, produced by a blow, as from a stick or whip; a wale; a weal; as, to raise welts on the back with a whip.
weltnoun
A blow that produces a welt.
Wiktionary
weltnoun
A raised mark on the body caused by a blow; a wheal or weal.
weltnoun
A strip of leather set into the seam between the outsole of a shoe and the upper, through which these parts are joined by stitching or stapling.
weltnoun
A strip of material or covered cord applied to a seam or garment edge to strengthen or cover it.
weltverb
To cause to have welts, to beat.
weltverb
To install welt (a welt or welts) to reinforce.
Etymology: c.1425, a shoemaker's term. Meaning "ridge on the skin from a wound" first recorded 1800.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Weltnoun
A border; a guard; an edging.
Little low hedges made round like welts, with some pretty pyramids, I like well. Francis Bacon.
Certain scioli, or smatterers, are busy in the skirts and outsides of learning, and have scarce any thing of solid literature to recommend them. They may have some edging or trimming of a scholar, a welt, or so; but no more. Ben Jonson.
To Weltverb
To sew any thing with a border.
Etymology: from the noun.
ChatGPT
welt
A welt is a raised area on the skin, often caused by injury or inflammation. It can refer to a ridge or bump formed on human skin due to the body's reaction to an insect bite or contact with an irritant. Alternatively, in sewing, a welt refers to a strip of material that is sewn into a garment or other item as reinforcement or trim.
Webster Dictionary
Weltnoun
that which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it
Weltnoun
a small cord covered with cloth and sewed on a seam or border to strengthen it; an edge of cloth folded on itself, usually over a cord, and sewed down
Weltnoun
a hem, border, or fringe
Weltnoun
in shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole
Weltnoun
in steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint
Weltnoun
in carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it
Weltnoun
in machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed
Weltnoun
a narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends
Weltverb
to furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve
Weltverb
to wilt
Etymology: [OE. welte, probably fr. W. gwald a hem, a welt, gwaldu to welt or to hem.]
Wikidata
welt
Welt is the first album by the band ohGr, formed by Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. The song Water has been featured in the motion pictures Life as a House and for the end titles in Kill Theory.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Welt
welt, n. a kind of hem or edging round a shoe: (coll.) a weal.—v.t. to furnish with a welt: to flog severely.—adj. Welt′ed.—n. Welt′ing. [W. gwald, a hem.]
Welt
welt, v.i. (prov.) to decay: to become stringy. [Wilt.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
WELT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Welt is ranked #42030 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Welt surname appeared 517 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Welt.
95.7% or 495 total occurrences were White.
1.5% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.9% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.
0.9% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of WELT in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of WELT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- زود بحاشيةArabic
- baltScottish Gaelic
- gonfiore, pomfo, tramezzo, livido, segno di frustataItalian
- kārawarawaMāori
- рант, рубецRussian
- đánh nổi lằn, lằn, lằn roiVietnamese
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