belt
To fasten a belt on; to encircle with a beltTo fasten a belt on; to encircle with a belt.
Meaning
9 senses(transitive)To fasten a belt on; to encircle with 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.
fasten with a belt
(transitive)To encircle; to surround.
The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
(transitive)To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
(transitive)To hit with a belt.
The child was misbehaving so he was belted as punishment.
(colloquial, transitive)To hit someone or something, especially forcefully; to bash.
The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
sing loudly and forcefully
(transitive)To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
(informal, transitive)To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner.
He belted out the national anthem.
schmettern
(transitive)To drink quickly, often in gulps.
He belted down a shot of whisky.
(intransitive)To move, run, drive, etc., very fast.
He was really belting along.
Examples
414 sentencesI bought a belt for Tom.
Я купила Тому пояс. — deniko
Tom wanted to buy a leather belt.
Том хотів купити шкіряний ремінь. — deniko
ruТом хотел купить кожаный ремень. — marafon
I bought Tom a belt.
Я купила Тому пояс. — deniko
Please fasten your seat belts and prepare for departure.
Будь ласка, застебніть ремені безпеки і приготуйтеся до відправлення. — ChickenKiev
If Tom had been wearing his seat belt, he wouldn't have been injured so badly.
Якби Том був пристебнутий ременями безпеки, його б не було настільки сильно травмовано. — deniko
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West GermanicFrom Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk belte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”), Faroese and Icelandic belti (“belt”).
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Forms
belts, belting, belted, beltedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
19 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
10 patterns- seat belt
- wearing seat belts
- his seat belt
- your seat belt
- a leather belt
- leather belt
- wearing a belt
- a black belt
- a seat belt
- black belt
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.