Meaning of belt In English

• 0 a strip of leather or material worn around the waist to support clothes or for decoration:

  • She fastened her belt tightly around her waist.

  • He had eaten so much that he had to loosen his belt a couple of notches.

• 1 a flat strip of material in a machine that moves along continuously to keep another part turning, or to keep objects on it moving along:

  • a fan belt

  • a conveyor belt

• 2 an area, usually just outside a city, where a particular group of people live, such as the commuter belt and the stockbroker belt, or an area that is known for a particular characteristic, such as the cotton belt (= an area where cotton is grown)

• 3 a hard hit or punch:

  • a belt on the jaw

• 4 (especially of a vehicle) to travel with great speed:

  • The car was belting along/down the road.

• 5 to hit someone or something hard, especially with violence:

  • He belted him in the face.

• 6 to tie something with a belt:

  • I belted my coat tightly.

• 7 a strip of leather or other material worn around the waist:

  • a black leather belt

• 8 an area that is known for a particular characteristic:

  • the corn belt (= area known for growing corn)

• 9 to hit someone or something hard:

  • He belted the ball out of the park for a home run.