belt

belt

(bĕlt)

n.

1.

a. A flexible band, as of leather or cloth, worn around the waist or over a shoulder to hold up clothing, secure tools or weapons, or serve as decoration.

b. Something resembling a belt, as a number of machine-gun rounds attached together in a strip.

2. An encircling route.

3. A seat belt or safety belt.

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

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

6. A usually bandlike geographic region that is distinctive in a specific respect. Often used in combination: "This is America's rural poverty belt" (Charles Kuralt).

7. A powerful blow; a wallop.

8. A drink of hard liquor.

tr.v. belt·ed, belt·ing, belts

1. To equip, hold up, or attach with a belt: belted my trousers; belted the sword to her waist.

2. To encircle or mark in the manner of a belt: The equator belts the earth.

3. To beat with a belt or strap.

4. To strike forcefully; hit.

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

6. To swig (an alcoholic beverage).

Idioms:

below the belt

Not according to the rules; unfairly.

tighten (one's) belt

To begin to exercise thrift and frugality.

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).

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[Middle English, from Old English, from Germanic *baltijaz, from Latin balteus, belt, baldric, possibly of Etruscan origin.]

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belt

(bɛlt)

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a band of cloth, leather, etc, worn, usually around the waist, to support clothing, carry tools, weapons, or ammunition, or as decoration

2. a narrow band, circle, or stripe, as of colour

3. an area, esp an elongated one, where a specific thing or specific conditions are found; zone: the town belt; a belt of high pressure.

4. a belt worn as a symbol of rank (as by a knight or an earl), or awarded as a prize (as in boxing or wrestling), or to mark particular expertise (as in judo or karate)

5. (Automotive Engineering) See seatbelt

6. (Mechanical Engineering) a band of flexible material between rotating shafts or pulleys to transfer motion or transmit goods: a fan belt; a conveyer belt.

7. (Mechanical Engineering) a beltcourse. See cordon⁴

8. informal a sharp blow, as with a bat or the fist

9. (Boxing) boxing below the waist, esp in the groin

10. informal in an unscrupulous or cowardly way

11. tighten one's belt to take measures to reduce expenditure

12. under one's belt

a. (of food or drink) in one's stomach

b. in one's possession

c. as part of one's experience: he had a linguistics degree under his belt.

vb

13. (tr) to fasten or attach with or as if with a belt

14. (tr) to hit with a belt

15. (tr) slang to give a sharp blow; punch

16. slang (often foll by: along) to move very fast, esp in a car: belting down the motorway.

17. (tr) rare to mark with belts, as of colour

18. (tr) rare to encircle; surround

[Old English, from Latin balteus]

ˈbelted n

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belt

(bɛlt)
n.

1. a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.

2. any encircling or transverse band, strip, or stripe.

3. an often extended region having distinctive properties or characteristics: a belt of cotton plantations.

4. an endless flexible band passing about two or more pulleys, used to transmit motion or to convey materials and objects.

5. a road, railroad, or the like encircling an urban center to handle peripheral traffic.

6. Slang.

a. a hard blow; punch.

b. a swallow of liquor.

v.t.

7. to gird or furnish with a belt.

8. to mark as if with a belt or band.

9. to fasten on by means of a belt.

10. to thrash with or as if with a belt.

11. to sing (a song) loudly and energetically.

12. Slang.

a. to swallow (a drink of liquor).

b. to hit; strike.

Idioms:

1. below the belt, unfair or unfairly.

2. under one's belt,

a. in one's stomach, as food or drink.

b. as part of one's background: Get some experience under your belt.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English; compare Old High German balz; both ultimately < Latin balteus]

belt′less, adj.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

Belt

 a continuous series of objects, usually encircling something; also a broad strip of any kind usually bordering something.

Examples: belt of lechery, 1483; of mirrors, 1857; of paternosters or “Our Fathers,” 1844; of trees.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

belt

Past participle: belted
Gerund: belting

Imperative

belt

belt

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belt

Color of belts show proficiency of contestants.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	belt - endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys band - a driving belt in machinery belting - the material of which belts are made conveyer belt, conveyor belt, conveyor, conveyer, transporter - a moving belt that transports objects (as in a factory) driving belt - a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery fan belt - a belt driven by the crankshaft that drives a fan that pulls air through the radiator caterpillar track, caterpillar tread, track - an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground loop - anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
	2.	belt - a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist) accessory, accouterment, accoutrement - clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing baldric, baldrick - a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip belt buckle - the buckle used to fasten a belt belting - the material of which belts are made cartridge belt - a broad belt with loops or pockets for holding ammunition holster - a belt with loops or slots for carrying small hand tools money belt - belt with a concealed section for holding money life belt, safety belt, safety harness - belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt Sam Browne belt - leather belt supported by a strap over the right shoulder
	3.	belt - an elongated region where a specific condition or characteristic is found; "a belt of high pressure" asteroid belt - the region of interplanetary space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids are found greenbelt, greenway - a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
	4.	belt - a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" bang, bash, smash, knock blow, bump - an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
	5.	belt - a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) swath track, path, course - a line or route along which something travels or moves; "the hurricane demolished houses in its path"; "the track of an animal"; "the course of the river"
	6.	belt - ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun belt ammunition, belted ammunition ammo, ammunition - projectiles to be fired from a gun
	7.	belt - the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" whang, whack, knock, rap blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
Verb	1.	belt - sing loudly and forcefully     belt out sing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"
	2.	belt - deliver a blow to; "He belted his opponent" hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
	3.	belt - fasten with a belt; "belt your trousers" fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" unbelt - undo the belt of; "unbelt your trousers"

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belt

noun

1. waistband, band, strap, sash, girdle, girth, cummerbund, ceinture, cincture He wore a belt with a large brass buckle.

2. conveyor belt, band, loop, fan belt, drive belt The turning disc is connected by a drive belt to an electric motor.

3. (Geography) zone, area, region, section, sector, district, stretch, strip, layer, patch, portion, tract a belt of trees

4. (Informal) blow, knock, punch, rap, smack, thump, clout (informal), whack, swipe, wallop (informal) He gave me a belt over the head with a scrubbing brush.

verb

1. (Informal) strike, beat, punch, deck (slang), bang, bash (informal), sock (slang), smack, thump, clout (informal), whack, thud, clobber (slang), wallop (informal), thwack, lay one on (slang) Is it true that she belted old George in the stomach?

2. rush, run, race, fly, speed, spring, tear, bound, dash, hurry, barrel (along) (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), sprint, bolt, dart, hasten We belted down street to where the motor was.

below the belt (Informal) unfair, foul, crooked (informal), cowardly, sly, fraudulent, unjust, dishonest, deceptive, unscrupulous, devious, unethical, sneaky, furtive, deceitful, surreptitious, dishonourable, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, underhanded, not playing the game (informal) Do you think it's a bit below the belt, what they're doing?

belt something out (Informal) blast out, scream, boom out, sing out loud belting out Sinatra and Beatles hits

belt up (Informal) be quiet, shut up (informal), hush, button it (slang), pipe down (slang), hold your tongue, put a sock in it (Brit. slang), keep your trap shut (slang), cut the cackle (informal), button your lip (slang) 'Belt up!' he snapped.

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belt

noun

1. A part of the earth's surface:

area, district, locality, neighborhood, quarter, region, tract, zone.

Informal: neck of the woods.

2. Slang. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke:

bang, blow, clout, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop.

Informal: bash, biff, bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: conk, paste.

3. Slang. An act of drinking or the amount swallowed:

draft, drink, potation, pull, quaff, sip, sup, swill.

Informal: swig.

verb

1. To encircle with or as if with a band:

band, begird, cincture, compass, encompass, engirdle, gird, girdle, girt, ring.

Archaic: engird.

2. Slang. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:

bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.

Informal: biff, bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: conk, paste.

Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.

3. Slang. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid):

drink, imbibe, pull on, quaff, sip, sup.

Informal: swig, toss down (or off).

Idiom: wet one's whistle.

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Translations

حزامحِزامحِزَامسـيْـر ، قِشاطنِطاق، مِنْطَقَه

opasekpáspásekpřipnout opaskemřemen

bæltedrivremlivremspænde

GürtelGurtKoppelprügelnRiemen

ζώνηφυσιγγιοθήκη

zono

cinturóncorreafajagolpegolpear

vöö

vyö

ceinturecourroiedonner une râcléelanièrerégion

pojasremenudaropasačpas

felövezhajtószíjöv

belti-belti, -svæîidrifreimflengjagyrîa, festa meî belti

cinturacinghiacintacintolacintura di sicurezza

ベルト

허리띠

balteus

diržasdirželisjuostapriluptisujuostas diržu

apjoztjoslajostalentepērt

riemslagdreungordelklap

beltedengedrivreimfeste med beltelivreim

pasekpas

cintocorreia

поясременьударкушакполотно

uviazať opaskomzbiť remeňom

pas

bältegördelskärp

เข็มขัด

kemerkemerle bağlamakkuşakbölgedöner kayış

thắt lưng

地带带子用皮带打皮带系腰带

belt

[belt]

A. N

1. (= garment) → cinturón m, fajo m (Mex); (= seat belt) → cinturón m de seguridad
to tighten one's belt → apretarse el cinturón
that was below the belt → ese fue un golpe bajo
he has three novels under his belt → tiene tres novelas en su haber
it was a belt-and-braces job → se tomaron todas las precauciones posibles

2. (Tech) (= conveyor belt etc) → correa f, cinta f

3. (Geog) (= zone) → zona f
industrial belt → cinturón m industrial

B. VT (= thrash) → zurrar (con correa)
he belted me one (= slap) → me dio una torta; (= punch) → me dio un mamporro

C. VI (Brit) (= rush) he belted into the room → entró pitando en la habitación
he belted down the street → salió pitando por la calle abajo
to belt past → pasar como una bala

D. CPD belt bag N → riñonera f

belt along VI + ADV → ir como una bala

belt down VT + ADV (US) [+ drink] → cepillarse

belt off VI + ADV → salir pitando

belt out

A. VT + ADV [+ song] → cantar a pleno pulmón

B. VI + ADV (also to come belting out) → salir disparado

belt up VI + ADV

1. (Aut) → abrocharse el cinturón

2. (Brit) (= be quiet) → cerrar el pico, callarse la boca
belt up! → ¡cállate la boca!

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

belt

[ˈbɛlt]

n

[trousers, coat] → ceinture f
to tighten one's belt (= make economies) → se serrer la ceinture
to have sth under one's belt (= to one's credit) → avoir qch à son actif
that was below the belt! (= unfair) → quel coup bas!
see also below-the-belt

[machine] → courroie f

(= area) → région f
industrial belt → région f industrielle rust belt

vt

(= thrash) → donner une raclée à

vi (British) (= run) → filer (à toutes jambes)

belt along

vi (= go fast) [car] → aller à toute blinde , foncer; [person] (= run) → courir à toutes jambes

vt fus [+ motorway] → foncer sur

belt down

vt fus [+ road] (= run) → dévaler (= drive) → foncer sur

belt out

vt sep [+ song] → chanter à tue-tête, chanter à pleins poumons

belt up

vi (British) (= be quiet) → la boucler
Why don't you belt up for a change? → Tu ne peux pas la boucler pour une fois?

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

belt

n

(on clothes) → Gürtel m; (for holding, carrying etc, seat belt) → Gurt m; (Mil etc, on uniform) → Koppel nt; (for cartridges) → Patronengurt m; (= rifle sling) → (Gewehr)riemen m; a blow below the belt (lit, fig) → ein Schlag m → unterhalb der Gürtellinie, ein Tiefschlag; to hit somebody below the belt (lit, fig) → jdm einen Schlag unter die Gürtellinie versetzen; that was below the belt → das war ein Schlag unter die Gürtellinie; to be a black belt → den schwarzen Gürtel haben; to get the belt → (mit dem Lederriemen) eine auf die Finger bekommen; to tighten one’s belt (fig) → den Gürtel or Riemen enger schnallen; under one’s belt (fig inf) → auf dem Rücken (inf)

(Tech) → (Treib)riemen m; (= conveyor belt) → Band nt

(= tract of land) → Gürtel m; belt of trees → Waldstreifen m; (around house etc) → Baumgürtel m; industrial belt → Industriegürtel m ? commuter

(inf: = hit) → Schlag m; to give somebody/the ball a belt → jdm eine knallen (inf) → /den Ball knallen (inf)

(US: = ring road) → Umgehungsstraße f

(US inf: = drink) → Schluck m → aus der Pulle (inf)

vt

(= fasten) → den Gürtel zumachen (→ sth +gen)

(Sch etc: = thrash) → (mit dem Lederriemen) schlagen

(inf: = hit) → knallen (inf); she belted him one in the eye → sie verpasste or haute or knallte ihm eins aufs Auge (inf)

vi (inf: = rush) → rasen (inf); to belt out → hinaus-/herausrasen (inf); to belt across → hinüber-/herüberrasen (inf); we were really belting along → wir sind wirklich gerast (inf); he belted off down the street → er raste davon die Straße hinunter (inf); this novel really belts along → dieser Roman ist wirklich tempogeladen (inf)

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belt

[bɛlt]

1. n (gen) → cintura; (of trousers) → cintura, cinghia (Tech) → cinghia (Geog) (zone) → zona, regione f
industrial belt → zona industriale
the cotton belt → la zona di coltivazione del cotone
to tighten one's belt (fig) → tirare la cinghia
that was below the belt (fig) → è stato un colpo basso

2. vt (fam) (thrash) → usare la cinghia con, picchiare
he belted me one → mi ha mollato un pugno

3. vi (fam) (rush) to belt in/out → entrare/uscire di gran carriera
he was belting up the motorway at 100 mph → filava sull'autostrada a 100 miglia all'ora

belt out vt + adv (song) → cantare a squarciagola

belt up vi + adv (fam) (be quiet) → chiudere la boccaccia
belt up! → chiudi quella boccaccia!

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

belt

(belt) noun

1. a long (narrow) piece of leather, cloth etc worn round the waist. a trouser-belt; He tightened his belt. belt, gordel حِزام колан cinto pás(ek), řemen der Gürtel bælte; livrem ζώνηcinturón rihm, vöö کمربند vyö ceintureחגורה बेल्ट remen öv ikat pinggang belti cintura ベルト 혁대 diržas josta; siksna tali pinggang riembelte, livreimpasek کمر بند، ملاوستنی cinto curea пояс, ремень opasok, remeň pas kaiš bälte, skärp, svångrem เข็มขัด kemer, kayış 腰帶 пасок; пояс پیٹی ، کمر بند dây thắng lưng 腰带

2. a similar object used to set wheels in motion. the belt of a vacuum-cleaner. band, belt سـيْـر ، قِشاط (المحرك) ремък correia řemen der (Treib-)Riemen drivrem ιμάνταςcorrea rihm تسمه hihna courroieרצועה पट्टा remenica (hajtó)szíj ban, tali drifreim cinghia ベルト (기계 따위의) 벨트 장치 dirželis siksna; lente tali sawat drijfriemreim, beltepas تسمه correia curea приводной ремень remeň jermen remen drivrem สายพาน kayış, döner kayış 傳動帶 привідний пас گاڑی کے انجن کی بیلٹ dây curoa 皮带

3. a zone of country etc. a belt of trees; an industrial belt. strook, streek نِطاق، مِنْطَقَه пояс cinturão zóna, oblast, pás das Gebiet bælte περιοχή, ζώνηfaja; cinturón vöönd ناحیه alue zoneאזור, איזור पट्टी pojas zemlje övezet zona, daerah -belti, –svæði zona 地帯 (좁고 긴) 지대 juosta josla; zona kawasan zonebelte, sonestrefa ناحیه cintura zonă зона pás, zóna pas pojas bälte อาณาบริเวณ bölge, kuşak 地帶 смуга, зона قطعہ، خطہ vành đai 地带

verb

1. to fasten with a belt. He belted his trousers on. omgord يَحْزِمُ، يَرْبِطُ بِحِزام опасвам apertar připnout opaskem umgürten spænde δένω με ζώνη ponerse el cinturón vöötama با تسمه یا نوار محکم کردن vyöttää ceinturer לַחֲגוֹר कमर कसना učvrstiti remenom (fel)övez menyabuki gyrða, festa með belti allacciare con una cintura ベルトで締める 벨트를 메다 susijuosti apjozt; sajozt memasang tali pinggang met een riem vastmaken spenne på, feste med belte zapiąć pasem د تسمه سره تړل apertar a strânge cu cureaua подпоясывать uviazať opaskom opasati pričvrstiti kaišem förse (fästa) med bälte, spänna คาดเข็มขัด kemerle bağlamak 用腰帶繫住 підперезати(ся) پیٹی سے باندھنا đeo thắt lưng 系腰带

2. to strike (with or without a belt). He belted the disobedient dog. gestreep, geslaan يَجْلِدُ (بالسَّوْط) бия bater spráskat (opaskem) prügeln slå med bælte δέρνωdar una paliza lööma زدن iskeä donner une râclée לְהַכּוֹת काबू में करना udarati szíjjal elver memukul flengja (með belti) picchiare con una cinghia 打つ 호되게 때리다 prilupti pērt (ar siksnu) menyebat ranselendenge, slå med belte uderzyć pasem وهل، تړل bater a lovi (cu cureaua) пороть zbiť remeňom namlatiti udariti prygla ฟาด; โบย kayışla dövmek 用皮帶打 сікти پیٹی سے مارنا quật bằng dây lưng 用皮带打

ˈbelted adjective

gordelagtige, beltagtige مَحْزوم запасан com cinto opásaný mit einem Gürtel med bælte δεμένος με ζώνη atado con cinturón vöötatud دارای کمربند vyötetty ceinturéחגור पेटी पहने हुए, पेटीधारी zavezan, učvršćen remenom öves bersabuk með belti cinto ベルトをつけた 벨트를 단 sujuostas diržu apjozts bertali pinggang met een riem med belte; dekorert med belte/bånd zapięty na pasek د کمر بند خاوند cintado cu curea опоясанный opásaný opasan opasan försedd med bälte, [fast]spänd ซึ่งคาดเข็มขัด kemerli, kuşaklı 有腰帶的 підперезаний; такий, що має пасовий привід پیٹی سے بندھا ہوا bao quanh 束了腰带的

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belt

→ حِزَام opasek bælte Gürtel ζώνη cinturón vyö ceinture pojas cinta ベルト 허리띠 riem belte pasek cinto ремень skärp เข็มขัด kemer thắt lưng 带子

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

belt

n. cinturón, cinto;

fasten your ___ → abrocharse el ___.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

belt

n cinturón m, cinto; seat o safety — cinturón m de seguridad, cinturón (fam)

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