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See also:bełt,Belt,andbèlt

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbelt, fromOld Englishbelt(“belt, girdle”), fromProto-West Germanic*baltī̆, fromProto-Germanic*baltijaz(“girdle, belt”), fromLatinbalteus(“belt, sword-belt”), ofEtruscan origin. Cognate withScotsbelt(“belt”),Dutchbelt,GermanBalz(“belt”),Danishbælte(“belt”),Swedishbälte(“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) andIcelandicbelti(“belt”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Belts.
Belts in a machine.

belt (pluralbelts)

  2. (clothing) Aband worn around thewaist toholdclothing to one'sbody (usuallypants), holdweapons (such as agun orsword), orserve as adecorativepiece of clothing.
    As part of the act, the fat clown'sbelt broke, causing his pants to fall down.
    • 1987 August 15, Robert Benitez, “Personal advertisement”, inGay Community News, volume15, number 5, page14:
      Master leathercrafter does handcrafted wallets,belts, purses, handbags etc., supporting self and helpers. Good enough to carve fantst art and portraits into leather.
  3. A band used as arestraint forsafetypurposes, such as aseat belt.
    Keep yourbelt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
  4. A band that is used in amachine tohelptransfermotion orpower.
    The motor had a singlebelt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.
  5. Anything thatresembles a belt, or thatencircles orcrosses like a belt; astrip orstripe.
    abelt of trees; abelt of sand
  6. Atrophy in theshape of a belt, generallyawarded formartial arts.
    the heavyweightbelt
  7. (astronomy) Acollection ofsmallbodies (such asasteroids) whichorbit astar.
  8. (astronomy) One of certaingirdles orzones on thesurface of theplanetsJupiter andSaturn, supposed to be of the nature ofclouds.
  9. (military, nautical) A band ofarmor along thesides of awarship,protecting the ship's vital spaces.
    The battleship was protected by a twelve-inchbelt just above the waterline.
  10. Apowerfulblow, often made with afist orheavyobject.
    After the bouncer gave him a solidbelt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of bar fights.
  11. A quickdrink ofliquor.
    Care to join me in abelt of scotch?
  12. (usually capitalized) Ageographicalregion known for a particularproduct,feature ordemographic (Corn Belt,Bible Belt,Black Belt,Green Belt).
  13. (baseball) The part of thestrike zone at theheight of thebatter'swaist.
    That umpire called that pitch a strike at thebelt.
  14. (weaponry) A device thatholds andfeedscartridges into abelt-fedweapon.
  15. (music) Avocaltoneproduced bysinging withchest voice above thebreak (orpassaggio), in a range typically sung inhead voice.
    Bothauditionees had great ranges but Diamond had the strongbelt we really need for the finale.
    • 1999, Jeannette Lovetri, Susan Lesh, Peak Woo, “Preliminary Study on the Ability of Trained Singers to Control the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Laryngeal Musculature”, inJournal of Voice‎[1], volume13, number 2,→DOI, page226:
      As previously mentioned, there was unexpected behavior in laryngeal lowering forbelt in several singers and unchanged laryngeal height for two, as well as stable opening or widening of the pharyngeal walls, which must be investigated further.
    • 2018, Norman Spivey, Mary Saunder Barton,Cross-Training in the Voice Studio: A Balancing Act, Plural Publishing,→ISBN, page57:
      In Clara's furious rant in Act II, Allsun broke out of her soprano into abelt, which made perfect sense in the moment.
  16. (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, oftencurvilinear structure expressed on the surface or in the subsurface of aterrestrial planet or other solidplanemo, such as amountain belt, afold and thrust belt, or anore belt.
    Thisbelt of deformed platform sediments parallels the suture running east-to-west across the north of the region, which was left when the ocean basin that originally separated the two ancient continents on either side of it was consumed by subduction.
    • 1980, B. C. Burchfiel, “Foreland Fold and Thrust Belts—Review”, inAAPG Bulletin‎[2], volume64, number 5, American Association of Petroleum Geologists,→DOI, page684:
      Most foreland fold and thrustbelts are linear or arcuatebelts of folds and thrust faults that form a marginal part of an orogenicbelt between an undeformed craton and a more intensely deformed inner zone.

Synonyms

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Translations

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band worn around the waist
band used for safety purposes
band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power
powerful blow
geographical region
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Verb

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belt (third-person singular simple presentbelts,present participlebelting,simple past and past participlebelted)

  1. (transitive) Toencircle.
    The small town wasbelted by cornfields in all directions.
  2. (transitive) Tofasten abelt on.
    Edgarbelted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
    The rotund man had difficultybelting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
  3. (transitive) Toinvest (a person) with abelt as part of aformalceremony such asknighthood.
  4. (transitive) Tohit with abelt.
    The child was misbehaving so he wasbelted as punishment.
  5. (transitive, informal, normallybelt out) Toscream orsing in aloudmanner.
    Hebelted out the national anthem.
    (Perhaps a derivative or cognate ofEnglishbellow,West Frisianbalte(“to howl, shriek”).)
    • 2017 May 22, Mallory Carra, “Celine Dion Is Making Everyone Cry”, inBustle‎[3], BDG Media, retrieved2022-01-01:
      Céline Dionbelted her iconic song "My Heart Will Go On" in a show-stopping performance at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards on May 21. The legendary singer gave the throwback performance in honor of the 20th anniversary of the hit song from theTitanic soundtrack.
  6. (transitive) Todrink quickly, often ingulps.
    Hebelted down a shot of whisky.
  7. (transitive, colloquial) Tohitsomeone orsomething.
    The angry playerbelted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
  8. (transitive, baseball) To hit apitched ball a long distance, usually for ahome run.
    Hebelted that pitch over the grandstand.
  9. (intransitive) Tomove veryfast.
    He was reallybelting along.

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Translations

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surround
fasten a belt
beat with a belt
scream

Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishbelt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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belt (pluralbelde)

  1. Abelt (garment).

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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A variant ofbult.

Noun

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belt m orf (pluralbelten,diminutivebeltje n)

  1. (archaic) aheap,hill
  2. adumpsite, notably for waste products
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromEnglishbelt.

Noun

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belt m (pluralbelten,diminutivebeltje n)

  1. (Suriname) (clothing) Abelt
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  • → Caribbean Javanese:bèlt

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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belt

  1. inflection ofbellen:
    1. second/third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. (archaic)pluralimperative

Maltese

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Etymology

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FromArabicبَلَد(balad).

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Noun

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belt f (pluralbliet)

  1. city,town
    Synonym:(obsolete)mdina
    • 2022,Nadia Mifsud,meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books,→ISBN:
      f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
      tat-terrakotta － ’kk tmisshom,
      isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha －
      għoddha qalftitni fatat.
      (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)

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Old English

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*baltī̆, fromProto-Germanic*baltijaz. Cognate withOld High Germanbalz,Old Norsebelti.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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belt m (nominative pluralbeltas)

  1. Abelt.

Declension

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Stronga-stem:

singularplural
nominativebeltbeltas
accusativebeltbeltas
genitivebeltesbelta
dativebeltebeltum

Descendants

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  • Middle English:belt
    • English:belt (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots:belt
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