Belt Definition
bĕlt
belted, belting, belts
noun
belts
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.
American Heritage
A strip or band of leather or other material worn around the waist to hold clothing up, support tools, etc., or as an ornament or sign of rank.
Webster's New World
Something resembling a belt, as a number of machine-gun rounds attached together in a strip.
American Heritage
Any encircling thing like this.
Webster's New World
An encircling route.
American Heritage
verb
belted, belting, belts
To equip, support, or attach with a belt.
Belt one's trousers; belted the sword to her waist.
American Heritage
To encircle with or as with a belt; girdle.
Webster's New World
To move at high speed.
Webster's New World
To encircle or mark in the manner of a belt.
The equator belts the earth.
American Heritage
To fasten or attach with or as with a belt.
Webster's New World
idiom
below the belt
- Not according to the rules; unfairly.
American Heritage
tighten (one's) belt
- To begin to exercise thrift and frugality.
American Heritage
under (one's) belt
- In one's possession or experience:
American Heritage
below the belt
- unfair(ly); foul
Webster's New World
tighten one's belt
- to endure hunger, privation, etc. as best one can
- to live more thriftily
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Belt
Noun
Singular:
belt
Plural:
beltsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Belt
Origin of Belt
Middle English from Old English ultimately from Latin balteus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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