belt

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
2. A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
3. A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
4. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
5. A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
6. A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
7. One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
8. A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
9. A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
10. A quick drink of liquor.
11. A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
12. The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
13. A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
14. A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
15. A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface and/or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.

Verb

1. To encircle.
2. To fasten a belt on.
3. To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
4. To hit with a belt.
5. (informal) To scream or sing in a loud manner.
6. To drink quickly, often in gulps.
7. (colloquial) To hit someone or something.
8. To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
9. To move very fast.

Concepten

gordel

riem

ceintuur

band

broeksband

veiligheidsgordel

omgorden

omgeven

omringen

omzomen

rand

ring

💍

slag

zone

oplawaai

broekriem

buikriem

insnoeren

aandrijfriem

brede

yeusmen

belt

brullen

dreun

klap

koppel

👫

koppelriem

Synoniemen

girdle

strap

band

zone

sash

waistband

strip

thong

ribbon

🎀

tape

knock

bash

region

gird

waist-band

bang

girth

area

beat

whack

cincture

rope

🪢

smash

obi

hit

belt out

whang

strike

stripe

belt ammunition

belted ammunition

slap

clout

jab

drive

cloth girdle

leather belt

rap

wallop

line

twine

string

🪢

attack

👊

stroke

buckle

cordon

blow

swath

bandage

swing

tier

percussion

district

leash

leather strap

throw

smite

tie

sphere

paddock

parcel

parcel of land

patch

pick up

play

poke

precinct

premises

pull

pulley

punch

👊

racket

ram

🐏

resound

rip out

row

section

sector

shingles

shock

⚡

shoot

shot

shred

side

sing

skirt

slip

slog

slug

soil

stamp out

stomacher

streak

strike down

swaddle

swathe

tab

tan

tapeworm

territory

thread

🧵

thrust

thump

thwack

top

🔝

tract

troll

🧌

truss

visit

vocalize

waist

webbing

whip

whomp

whop

worst

yard

fare-stage

ice belt

piece of ground

piece of land

strike hard

woven belt

undersash

scissors maneuver

scissors manoeuvre

cingule

engirdle

gubernaculum

latchet

fasten one’s seat belt

waist’s belt

thump out

waist-belt

zone in general

territorial dominion

hide rope

clotheating moth

leading tape

advertising strip

laplap

support belt

armband

assault

banderol

banderole

bat

🦇

beat out

begird

bellyband

biff

box

📦

bring

bump

campaign

capture

carol

carom

carry

catch

chop

cingulum

circuit

clobber

compass

🧭

concussion

conduct

constriction

conveyor belt

cord

cummerbund

cut

defeat

demesne

domain

dominion

dragnet

drive belt

driving belt

engird

extent

fasten

field

fillet

film

📽️

get hold of

grass

ground

hitting

impingement

kill

🔪🩸👤

knap

knockdown

lace

lashing

lead

leather

mint

movie

nail

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bɛlt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: belt

Overgenomen van Oudengels: belt

Verwant aan Schots: belt

Verwant aan Nederlands: belt

Verwant aan Duits: Balz

Verwant aan Deens: bælte

Verwant aan Zweeds: bälte

Verwant aan IJslands: belti

In summary

From 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”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) and Icelandic belti (“belt”).