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n. A flexible band, as of leather or cloth, worn around the waist to support clothing, secure tools or weapons, or serve as decoration.

n. Something that resembles this type of band: a belt of trees.

n. An encircling route.

n. A seat belt or safety belt.

n. A continuous band or chain for transferring motion or power or conveying materials from one wheel or shaft to another.

n. A band of tough reinforcing material beneath the tread of a tire.

n. A geographic region that is distinctive in a specific respect: "This is America's rural poverty belt” ( Charles Kuralt).

n. Slang A powerful blow; a wallop.

n. Slang A strong emotional reaction.

n. Slang A drink of hard liquor.

v. To encircle; gird.

v. To support or attach with or as if with a belt: belt one's trousers; belted the sword to her waist.

v. To mark with or as if with an encircling band.

v. To beat with a belt or strap.

v. Slang To strike forcefully; hit.

v. Slang To sing in a loud and forceful manner: belt out a song.

v. Slang To swig (an alcoholic beverage).

idiom. below the belt Not according to the rules; unfairly.

idiom. tighten (one's) belt To begin to exercise thrift and frugality.

idiom. under (one's) belt In one's possession or experience: "By his mid-teens, Liszt had three years of intensive concertizing under his belt” ( Musical Heritage Review).

n. 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.

n. A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

n. A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

n. A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

n. A quick drink of liquor.

n. A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

n. The middle of the strike zone.

v. To encircle.

v. To fasten a belt.

v. To hit with a belt.

v. and intransitive To scream or sing in a loud manner.

v. To drink quickly, often in gulps.

v. To hit someone or something.

v. To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.

v. To move very fast

n. That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle.

n. That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

n. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.

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

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

n. A narrow passage or strait.

n. A token or badge of knightly rank.

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

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

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

v. To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

n. A broad flat strip or strap of leather or other flexible material, used to encircle the waist; a girdle; cincture; zone; band.

n. Any broad band or strip of leather or other flexible material, designed to pass round anything, with its ends joined.

n. Any broad band or stripe or continuous broad line distinguished in color or otherwise from adjacent objects, and encircling or appearing to encircle something.

n. In masonry, a band or string-course.

n. That which restrains or confines like a girdle.

n. A disease among sheep

To gird with a belt; specifically, to invest with a distinctive belt, as in knighting some one.

To fasten or secure with a belt; gird: as, to belt on a sword.

To encircle; surround as if with a belt or girdle.

To strike with or as with a belt; strap; flog.

n. In a war-ship, the side of the vessel, in the vicinity of the water-line, protected by external armor-plating. A complete belt is one in which the armor extends from stem to stern: a partial belt extends over only part of the length.

n. In archery, a strap for suspending the quiver: usually worn round the waist of the archer.

v. sing loudly and forcefully

n. the act of hitting vigorously

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

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

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

n. a vigorous blow

n. endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

v. fasten with a belt

n. an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found

v. deliver a blow to

"We won—and I have the title belt to this day, framed in my house."

belted    belting    belts   

sing    blow    course    track    path    ammunition    ammo    bump    fix    secure   

endless belt    hydraulic belt    chain-belt    cotton belt    thermal belt    crossed belt    belt of high pressure    angular chain-belt    quarter-turn belt    to hold the belt   

band   

belted    belting    belt out    belt up   

encompass    surround    band    girdle    girth    bandoleer    strap    waistband    sash    safety belt   

Celt    celt    dealt    dwelt    felt    knelt    melt    pelt    smelt    svelte   

boot    collar    jacket    glove    skirt    chain    helmet    bag    rope    ribbon