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WELT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A raised or strengthened seam
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("welt" is a kind of...):
seam (joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces)
Derivation:
welt (put a welt on)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("welt" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
Derivation:
welt (beat severely with a whip or rod)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put a welt on
Example:
welt the shoes
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "welt" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
welt (a raised or strengthened seam)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Beat severely with a whip or rod
Example:
The children were severely trounced
Synonyms:
flog; lash; lather; slash; strap; trounce; welt; whip
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "welt" is one way to...):
beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "welt"):
flagellate; scourge (whip)
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to welt the prisoners
Derivation:
welt (a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions)
