WELTED

Definition: WELTED

WELTED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Welt

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "WELTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1890. (references)

Crosswords: WELTED

English words defined with "WELTED": welted thistle. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	When the flashlight turned on faces, the eyes showed staring, and the muscles on the cheeks were welted out.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"WELTED" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "WELTED" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	66.67%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (past tense)	33.33%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	3	N/A

Expression using "WELTED": welted thistle. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "WELTED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		tornet tidsel (plumeless thistle, welted thistle), randsyning (welted seam), randsyet sko (welted shoe), kruset tidsel (crisped thistle, welted thistle), kombineret metode (staple welted working). (various references)

Dutch		veeldoornige distel (plumeless thistle, welted thistle), veeldoorndistel (plumeless thistle, welted thistle), randgekramd onderwerk (staple welted working), paspel-naad (welted seam), kruldistel (crisped thistle, welted thistle), binnengenaaide schoen (welted shoe). (various references)

Finnish		tereellä vahvistettu umpisauma (welted seam), sinkiläreunostyö (staple welted working), piikkikarhiainen (plumeless thistle, welted thistle), naulireunostyö (staple welted working), kyläkarhiainen (crisped thistle, welted thistle). (various references)

French		jointure passepoil (welted seam), fabrication mixte (staple welted working), couverture à joints debout (welted roof cladding, welted roof sheathing, welted roof system), chaussure à trépointe (welted shoe), chardon crêpu (welted thistle), chardon acanthin (welted thistle). (various references)

German		fasste ein. (various references)

Greek		κάρδος ο ακανθοειδής (plumeless thistle, welted thistle), κάρδος ο ουλόθριξ (crisped thistle, welted thistle), σύνθετος τύπος υποδήματος (staple welted working), μικτός τύπος υποδήματος (staple welted working), υπόδημα με ραμμένο βάρδουλο (welted shoe). (various references)

Italian		scarpa Goodyear (welted shoe), scarpa con guardolo cucito (welted shoe), lavorazione mista (staple welted working), cucitura profilata (welted seam), cardo glabro (plumeless thistle, welted thistle), cardo alato (crisped thistle, welted thistle). (various references)

Manx		as quelt. (various references)

Pig Latin		eltedway

Portuguese		sapato com soldadura nas extremidades (welted shoe), montagem mista (non-uniform connection, staple welted working), costura com vivo (piped seam, welted seam). (various references)

Russian		окаймленный (banded). (various references)

Spanish		zapato de cerco cosido (welted shoe), fabricación mixta (staple welted working), costura con vivo (welted seam). (various references)

Swedish		randsydd sko (welted shoe), piggtistel (plumeless thistle, welted thistle), passpoal (welted seam), krustistel (crisped thistle, welted thistle), kombinerad bottningsmetod (staple welted working). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Carduus acanthoides L., Carduus crispus L.. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Misspellings
	"WELTED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: weeted, wefted, Welstead, wested, weted, wilten, witled, wyted, Xeltec. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-l-t-w"
	-1 letter: dwelt, tewed, tweed, wedel.
	-2 letters: deet, dele, delt, leet, lewd, teed, teel, tele, twee, weed, weel, weet, weld, welt.
	-3 letters: dee, del, dew, eel, eld, ewe, led, lee, let, ted, tee, tel, tew, wed, wee, wet.
	-4 letters: de, ed, el, et, we.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-l-t-w"
	+1 letter: lewdest, toweled, tweedle.
	+2 letters: towelled, troweled, tweedled, tweedles, weldment, weltered, wrestled.
	+3 letters: delftware, sweltered, trowelled, tweedling, weldments, wieldiest.
	+4 letters: delftwares, planetwide, televiewed, tumbleweed, wildebeest, wilderment, wretchedly.
	+5 letters: cartwheeled, caterwauled, leatherwood, netherworld, outwrestled, stonewalled, thimbleweed, tumbleweeds, unwieldiest, waterlogged, wildebeests, wilderments.
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