belt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
  2. noun a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)
  3. noun an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found
    • a belt of high pressure
  4. noun a vigorous blow
    knock; bang; bash; smash.
    • the sudden knock floored him
    • he took a bash right in his face
    • he got a bang on the head
  5. noun a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)
    swath.
  6. noun ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun
    belted ammunition; belt ammunition.
  7. noun the act of hitting vigorously
    knock; whang; whack; rap.
    • he gave the table a whack
  8. verb sing loudly and forcefully
    belt out.
  9. verb deliver a blow to
    • He belted his opponent
  10. verb fasten with a belt
    • belt your trousers

WordNet

Belt noun
Etymology
AS. belt; akin to Icel. belti, Sw. bälte, Dan. bælte, OHG. balz, L. balteus, Ir. & Gael. balt boder, belt.
Definitions
  1. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
    The shining belt with gold inlaid. Dryden.
  2. That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
    He cannot buckle his distempered cause Within the belt of rule. Shak.
  3. 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. (Arch.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
  5. (Astron.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
  6. (Geog.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
  7. (Her.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
  8. (Mech.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other. See Illust. of Pulley.
  9. (Nat. Hist.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
Belt transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Belted; present participle & verbal noun Belting
Definitions
  1. To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
    A coarse black robe belted round the waist. C. Reade.
    They belt him round with hearts undaunted. Wordsworth.
  2. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.

Webster 1913