welts

Skin after lashing

Welts are raised marks on the skin, typically from being struck or from an allergic reaction: The belt left welts across his back.

In clothing and shoemaking, a welt is a reinforced border or seam—a strip of material sewn between the upper and sole of a shoe, or decorative piping on upholstery.

To welt is to raise such marks or add such borders.

injury

bruise

Discolored tissue injury

tender · sore · painful · sting · throb · smarting · inflammation · trauma · abrasion · contusion

cause

blow

Move air forcefully

  • strikeForceful impact or stoppage
  • lashStrike or bind
  • strapNarrow flexible binding material

belt · switch · rod · cane · whip · birch · slap · impact · contact · friction

healing

fading

Gradual loss of intensity

cicatrix · remnant · blemish · discoloration · residual · lingering · aftermath · healing · subsiding · treatment

appearance

raised

Lifted higher up

  • ridgeNarrow raised strip
  • stripeContrasting linear marking
  • lineContinuous mark or queue

streak · red · purple · angry · swollen · puffy · visible · prominent · parallel · crisscross

punishment

whipping

Repeated striking blows

beating · corporal · strapping · switching · birching · spanking · discipline · chastisement · flagellation · stripes

leather

sole

Foot's bottom surface

Blake · construction · cobbler · shoemaking · bootmaking · upper · outsole · midsole · seam · reinforcement

Categories
Opposites
skin condition/appearance

weltssmooth skin

Unblemished, even epidermis

clear skin · flat surface

bodily response to trauma

weltsrecovery

Regaining what was lost

healing

surface texture

weltssmoothness

Freedom from irregularity

flatness · evenness · indentations · depressions · hollows

Phrases
Family

welt, welter, welted, welting

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG