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Belt

//bɛlt// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname. countable, uncountable
2
A town in Cascade County, Montana, United States. countable, uncountable
3
Ellipsis of Main Asteroid Belt: a region of Solar System. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
"Believe it or not, Belter slang — or, more officially, Belter Creole — isn't a completely made-up way of communicating. It's actually a mix of several Earth languages spoken by the original settlers in the Asteroid Belt colonies — very appropriate, as the Belt is a melting pot of several different races, customs and backgrounds."

Noun

1
A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
"As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down."
2
the act of hitting vigorously wordnet
3
A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
"Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride."
4
a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist) wordnet
5
A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
"The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels."

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6
endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys wordnet
7
Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
"a belt of trees; a belt of sand"
8
ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun wordnet
9
A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
"the heavyweight belt"
10
a vigorous blow wordnet
11
A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
12
an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found wordnet
13
One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
14
a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) wordnet
15
A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
"The battleship was protected by a twelve-inch belt just above the waterline."
16
A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
"After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of bar fights."
17
A quick drink of liquor.
"Care to join me in a belt of scotch?"
18
A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt). capitalized, usually
19
The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
"That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt."
20
A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
21
A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
"Both auditionees had great ranges but Diamond had the strong belt we really need for the finale."
22
A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.
"This belt of deformed platform sediments parallels the suture running east-to-west across the north of the region, which was left when the ocean basin that originally separated the two ancient continents on either side of it was consumed by subduction."

Verb

1
To encircle. transitive
"The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions."
2
fasten with a belt wordnet
3
To fasten a belt on. transitive
"Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition."
4
deliver a blow to wordnet
5
To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood. transitive

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sing loudly and forcefully wordnet
7
To hit with a belt. transitive
"The child was misbehaving so he was belted as punishment."
8
To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner. informal, transitive
"He belted out the national anthem."
9
To drink quickly, often in gulps. transitive
"He belted down a shot of whisky."
10
To hit someone or something. colloquial, transitive
"The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game."
11
To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run. transitive
"He belted that pitch over the grandstand."
12
To move very fast. intransitive
"He was really belting along."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) and Icelandic belti (“belt”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

* As an English and north/Low German surname, from the noun belt. * As a German surname, short form of the old Germanic name Baldher, composed of *balþ (“bold”) + *hari (“army”). Compare Belter. * Also as a north/Low German surname, from the place name Beelte, a small town in Giesen. * As a Dutch surname Van den Belt, from the noun belt (“low hill”).

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