belt
belt/belt/
noun
- a strip of leather or other material worn around the waist or across the chest, especially in order to support clothes or carry weapons."a sword belt"synonyms: girdle, sash, strap, cummerbund, waistband, band, girth, obi, zone, baldric, cincture, ceinture, cestus, cingulum
- a continuous band of material used in machinery for transferring motion from one wheel to another."a great wheel driven by a leather belt"synonyms: band, loop, hoop, thong, drive belt, fan belt, conveyor belt
- a strip or encircling band of something having a specified nature or composition that is different from its surroundings."the asteroid belt"synonyms: region, area, district, zone, sector, province, quarter, pocket, enclave, territory, neighborhood, locality, tract, stretch, extent, neck of the woods, parts, patch
- a heavy blow."she ran in to administer a good belt with her stick"synonyms: blow, punch, smack, crack, slap, bang, thump, knock, rap, thwack, box, clout, clip, clobber, bash, biff, whack, wallop, sock, swipe, lam, whomp, slosh, boff, bust, slug, whale, dong, buffet
- a gulp or shot of liquor."they could probably use a few belts"
verb
- fasten with a belt."she belted her raincoat firmly"synonyms: fasten, tie, bind, encircle, gird, encompass, circle
- hit (someone or something) hard."she belted him over the head with her racquet"
- move quickly in a specified direction."they belted along the empty road"synonyms: speed, hurry, race, run, sprint, dash, bolt, dart, rush, hasten, hurtle, career, streak, shoot, whiz, zoom, go like lightning, go hell for leather, spank along, bowl along, rattle along, whirl, whoosh, buzz, swoop, flash, blast, charge, stampede, gallop, sweep, hare, fly, wing, scurry, scud, scutter, scramble, pelt, tear, hotfoot it, zap, zip, whip, scoot, scorch, burn rubber, go like a bat out of hell, bomb, bucket, shift, put one's foot down, go like the clappers, leg it, wheech, clip, boogie, hightail, barrel, lay rubber, get the lead out, fleet, post, hie, drive, drag/tear/haul ass
- gulp (a drink) quickly."cocktails should be sipped and savored, not belted down"
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The meaning of BELT is a strip of flexible material worn especially around the waist as an item of clothing or a means of carrying something (such as tools) ...
a strip of leather or material worn around the waist to support clothes or for decoration. She fastened her belt tightly around her waist.
noun · a band of cloth, leather, etc, worn, usually around the waist, to support clothing, carry tools, weapons, or ammunition, or as decoration · a narrow band ...
A belt is an accessory you wear around your waist that helps hold your pants up. Other types of belts can hold tools or weapons.
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 elongated region ...
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BELT meaning: 1 : a band of material (such as leather) that is worn around a person's waist; 2 : a band that runs around wheels or other parts in a machine ...
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A flexible band, as of leather or cloth, worn around the waist or over a shoulder to support clothing, secure tools or weapons, or serve as decoration.
What does each Taekwondo belt mean? Each belt color has its significance. From white, signifying “a new beginning” to black “plant seeds for the future”.
The belt colour meanings refer either to the stage of development of a student, or to the plant/tree which symbolises the Taekwon-do student's progression.
belt has developed meanings and uses in subjects including costume (Middle English) weaponry (Middle English) sheep-shearing (early 1500s) forestry (1810s)