(n.) That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it
(n.) 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.
(n.) A hem, border, or fringe.
(n.) In shoemaking, a narrow strip of leather around a shoe, between the upper leather and sole.
(n.) In steam boilers and sheet-iron work, a strip riveted upon the edges of plates that form a butt joint.
(n.) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.
(n.) In machine-made stockings, a strip, or flap, of which the heel is formed.
(n.) A narrow border, as of an ordinary, but not extending around the ends.
(v. t.) To furnish with a welt; to sew or fasten a welt on; as, to welt a boot or a shoe; to welt a sleeve.
(v. t.) To wilt.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eight patients with dermal exposure had irritation ranging from erythema to welts, which resolved after thorough soap and water decontamination.
(2) Those very arsonists who spread exclusion and intolerance are now projecting an image of themselves as the upright citizens.” The head of the German police trade union Rainer Wendt told Die Welt that he feared the event, which last week drew 18,000 supporters, had itself become a possible magnet for terrorists.
(3) In the Prussian capital, hippie culture is state policy.” 'In the Prussian capital, hippie culture is state policy' Die Welt deputy editor Ulf Poschardt The rhetoric may be overblown, but the remarkable fact is that Berlin will ultimately not further develop a hugely valuable piece of real estate, all because the people decided they didn’t trust big business not to mess up the park they loved.
(4) Die Welt are lucky to be part of Axel Springer, Europe's largest newspaper publisher whose portfolio also contains Bild, still the world's bestselling non-Asian newspaper and the Germany's most successful news website: pressure on Die Welt to make a profit is relatively low, so they have the luxury to experiment with new models that may later be rolled out elsewhere.
(5) After weeks of open criticism, Die Welt also heaped praise on the German coaching team’s tactical flexibility.
(6) A sk Becky Hope if she ever feels shocked by what she sees in her work in child protection – the welts on backs, broken limbs, the maggots in cots – and she seems nonplussed.
(7) Stark , who surprisingly quit the Board almost a year ago , wrote in Die Welt today that the ECB has been pushed to the brink of abandoning its mandate to control inflation: The political pressure on the central bank is massive... Monetary policy must not be conditional.
(8) Major loci affecting the difference between the fast and the slow remating speed map to the right arm of chromosome II to the right of welt (wt).
(9) In Paris, as their counterparts at Die Welt were planning their own pages, journalists at the offices of France Soir, an ailing tabloid based in an industrial estate in the north ofthe city, were also deciding that the cartoons should be published - for somewhat different reasons.
(10) When one German language school in Istanbul was forced to cancel its festivities, the daily Die Welt responded with a caricature of Erdoğan on its front page as the Grinch who stole Christmas.
(11) In his interview with Welt am Sonntag, Hammond also emphasised that restricting immigration would be the British government’s priority during negotiations.
(12) Theresa May says rise in Europeans moving to UK likely before a Brexit Read more Volker Bouffier, premier of the German state of Hesse – home to Germany’s financial capital, Frankfurt – told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that “quite a number of Brits” were currently applying for German citizenship.
(13) One principle-ist, the former parliamentary speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, recently told Die Welt, the German newspaper, that Iran needed "more national manufacturing, and a change in people's lifestyle".
(14) Cousin spots Beasley one-on-one with Anderson and welts the ball forward towards him.
(15) In the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Henryk M Broder said of Roche: "She does what she wants without worrying what Simone de Beauvoir or Andrea Dworkin would say about it."
(16) I don’t think its a good idea to dilute the sporting value,” the 2014-World Cup-winning coach told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper in an interview on Sunday.
(17) Martin Schulz told Die Welt: “We must try to avoid this, because the consequences would be dramatic.
(18) But according to Die Welt, some of the leaked documents were part of the communication between the office of the chancellor, Angela Merkel, and that of the president of BND, while others contained an overview of BND locations around the world – which might hint at a more general spying strategy rather than a targeted operation.
(19) According to Die Welt newspaper, the staffer being investigated is a soldier who had caught the attention of the German military counter-intelligence service after establishing regular contact with people thought to be working for a US secret agency.
(20) But she stepped back from the company at the end of last year, telling Die Welt in an interview that “combining politics on a national, state and local level with family and the company is simply not possible.
Wept
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Weep
() imp. & p. p. of Weep.
Example Sentences:
(1) This week, he wept as he signed an executive order on gun control .
(2) He said: "I wept like a child" when Kylie Minogue said she would be in it.
(3) My friend had already climbed the same metaphorical mountain that I had just reached the summit of, and when she had reached the top she sat down and wept, much to the surprise of all her British friends.
(4) If at 14 I could foresee my future and this kind of pressure – I think it would be hard for me [to commit to it].” In the documentary, he admits to moments where he has wept and thought he couldn’t go on.
(5) On the one hand, he genuinely sees himself as the great liberator of the poor, the man who wept at Britain’s modern-day penury on Glasgow’s Easterhouse estate; on the other, he is the champion of policies that have driven some of the poorest people in society into despair.
(6) She wept for another hour before she turned to face me.
(7) But when the court adjourned for lunch, June Steenkamp could be seen shaking her head and putting an arm around another family member, while Steenkamp's friend Gina Myers openly wept.
(8) In the unsaddling area she wept uncontrollably and hugged her mother, boyfriend and her mentor and fellow team member Carl Hester, who came fifth here.
(9) Both Bob and Maureen bowed their heads and wept as a chorus of “guiltys” kept coming from the court clerk.
(10) Mothers appeared and wept for lost sons and daughters.
(11) Many wept, wiping tears off their faces as the melancholic tunes of the hymns reached them through loudspeakers.
(12) He wept openly while being interviewed pitch-side by the same TV Globo reporter (Tino Marcos) who in 2010 looked embarrassed when the keeper started choking on his own tears when prompted to discuss his fluffed attempt to punch a Wesley Sneijder cross which led to the winning goal.
(13) The day after the ruling, celebrity chef Paula Deen went on the Today show and wept over accusations of racial and sexual harassment that are destroying her empire.
(14) Bhutto's supporters at the hospital wept, smashed the glass doors and started fires around the hospital periphery.
(15) So what if Júlio César wept after flying like a bird and saving two penalties?
(16) Gary Glitter wept in the dock as he blamed a collapsing career, financial troubles and being in a “bad place” for his decision to download images of men sexually abusing young children on to his computer.
(17) "I couldn't stop crying when the final whistle went," wept their centre-half Sam Allardyce.
(18) The inscription at the foot of the cathedral's bell tower reads: "When He beheld the city, He wept over it.
(19) Earlier, during the bail hearing's third day, Pistorous wept as the defence advocate Barry Roux summed up his case.
(20) Some of the senators wept at her story, she said, and then later voted against her.