belt meaning
EN
[bɛlt] [-ɛlt] 
US WBelt
- Belt may refer to:
EN Belt 
- NounPLbeltsPREbel-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
- the heavyweight belt
- (astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
- (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
- 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 barfighting.
- A quick drink of liquor.
- Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
- (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
- (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
- That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt.
- (weaponry) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
- 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.
- VerbSGbeltsPRbeltingPT, PPbelted
- (transitive) To encircle.
- The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
- (transitive) To fasten a belt.
- Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
- The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
- (transitive) To hit with a belt.
- The child was misbehaving so it was belted as punishment.
- (transitive) and intransitive To scream or sing in a loud manner.
- He belted out the national anthem.
- (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.
- He belted down a shot of whisky.
- (transitive, slang) To hit someone or something.
- The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
- (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
- He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
- (intransitive) To move very fast.
- He was really belting along.
- (transitive) To encircle.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The screens are connected by chain belts and splocket wheels, so that the bottom screen drives the other two.
- Lively show tunes being belted out by the pianist on the grand piano.
- And with ever more roads, houses, and retail parks in development, a statutory protected belt of chalklands, forests and valleys is exactly what the asphalted south-east needs.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts.
- After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of belt in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "belt" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.