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1. (n.) belt
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist .
2. belt
any encircling or transverse band, strip, or stripe .
3. belt
an often extended region having distinctive properties or characteristics:
a belt of cotton plantations.
4. belt
an endless flexible band passing about two or more pulleys, used to transmit motion or to convey materials and objects.
5. belt
a road, railroad, or the like encircling an urban center to handle peripheral traffic .
6. belt
Slang.
7. belt
a hard blow; punch .
8. belt
a swallow of liquor .
9. (v.t.) belt
to gird or furnish with a belt .
10. belt
to mark as if with a belt or band .
11. belt
to fasten on by means of a belt .
12. belt
to thrash with or as if with a belt .
13. belt
to sing (a song) loudly and energetically.
14. belt
Slang.
15. belt
to swallow (a drink of liquor).
16. belt
to hit; strike .
17. belt
below the belt, unfair or unfairly.
18. belt
under one's belt,
19. belt
in one's stomach, as food or drink .
20. belt
as part of one's background:
Get some experience under your belt.
Etymology: (1985–90)
Definition of 'belt'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) belt
endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
2. (noun) belt
a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
3. (noun) belt
an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
"a belt of high pressure"
4. (noun) knock, bash, bang, smash, belt
a vigorous blow
"the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
5. (noun) swath, belt
a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
6. (noun) belt, belt ammunition, belted ammunition
ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
7. (verb) knock, belt, rap, whack, whang
the act of hitting vigorously
"he gave the table a whack"
8. (verb) belt out, belt
sing loudly and forcefully
9. (verb) belt
deliver a blow to
"He belted his opponent"
10. (verb) belt
fasten with a belt
"belt your trousers"
1. (noun) belt
a leather or cloth strip for holding up pants
to fasten your belt
2. belt
a band of rubber that drives an engine
a fan belt
3. belt
an area of a country with a particular characteristic
the American Bible Belt
4. belt
under sb's belt
included in sb's achievements
a player with two titles under her belt
Definition of 'belt'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun) belt
that which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt
2. (noun) belt
that which restrains or confines as a girdle
3. (noun) belt
anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand
4. (noun) belt
same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt
5. (noun) belt
one of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds
6. (noun) belt
a narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea
7. (noun) belt
a token or badge of knightly rank
8. (noun) belt
a band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other
9. (noun) belt
a band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges
10. (verb) belt
to encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround
11. (verb) belt
to shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep
Sense: a long (narrow) piece of leather, cloth etc worn round the waist
a trouser-belt; He tightened his belt.
Afrikaans: belt, gordel
Arabic: حِزام
Bulgarian: колан
Brazilian: cinto
Czech: pás(ek), řemen
German: der Gürtel
Danish: bælte; livrem
Greek: ζώνη
Spanish: cinturón
Estonian: rihm, vöö
Farsi: کمربند
Finnish: vyö
French: ceinture
Hebrew: חֲגוֹרָה
Hindi: बेल्ट
Croatian: remen
Hungarian: öv
Indonesian: ikat pinggang
Icelandic: belti
Italian: cintura
Japanese: ベルト
Korean: 혁대
Lithuanian: diržas
Latvian: josta; siksna
Malay: tali pinggang
Dutch: riem
Norwegian: belte, livreim
Polish: pasek
Persian: کمربند
Pashto: کمر بند، ملاوستنی
Portuguese: cinto
Romanian: curea
Russian: пояс, ремень
Slovak: opasok, remeň
Slovenian: pas
Serbian: kaiš
Swedish: bälte, skärp, svångrem
Thai: เข็มขัด
Turkish: kemer, kayış
Taiwanese: 腰帶
Ukrainian: пасок; пояс
Urdu: پیٹی ، کمر بند
Vietnamese: dây thắng lưng
Chinese: 腰带
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