belt

Definitions

1. 1noun

   That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

2. 2noun

   That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

3. 3noun

   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. 4noun

   Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.

5. 5noun

   One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

6. 6noun

   A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

7. 7noun

   A token or badge of knightly rank.

8. 8noun

   A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

9. 9noun

   A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

10. 10transitive verb

    To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.

11. 11transitive verb

    To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

12. 12noun

    the act of hitting vigorously

    "he gave the table a whack"

    Synonyms

    knockrapwhackwhang
13. 13noun

    a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

14. 14noun

    endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

15. 15noun

    ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun

16. 16noun

    a vigorous blow

    "the sudden knock floored him"

    "he took a bash right in his face"

    Synonyms

    bangbashknocksmash
17. 17noun

    an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found

    "a belt of high pressure"

18. 18noun

    a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

    Synonyms

    swath
19. 19verb

    fasten with a belt

    "belt your trousers"

20. 20verb

    deliver a blow to

    "He belted his opponent"

21. 21verb

    sing loudly and forcefully