belt
part of speech
noun (a belt, belts); verb (belt, belts, belted, belting — informal)
meaning for a pupil
1) A belt is a strip of leather, cloth or plastic worn around the waist to hold up trousers or as decoration. tree →
2) A seat belt is a strap in a car, bus or plane that holds you safely in your seat. tree →
3) A belt can be a long, narrow area: a belt of rain, the asteroid belt. tree →
4) In machines, a belt is a moving loop that turns wheels, like a conveyor belt. tree →
5) In karate and judo a coloured belt shows your level. tree →
6) Informally, to belt means to hit hard or to go very fast. tree →
7) To pull in your belt is to spend less and live more simply when times are hard. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A belt could be a sash of a ruler or fighter, a sign of strength and rank. In the primary lessons: In safety lessons «belt up» means put on your seat belt every time, in every seat; children use booster seats until they are big enough. In science the asteroid belt is between Mars and Jupiter, and a conveyor belt is a simple machine that moves things. In clothes, a belt is buckled. Phrases: seat belt, belt up, tighten your belt (spend less money), under your belt (already done), black belt, conveyor belt.
examples
- He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong. (Writings JOB.12.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Put on your seat belt before the car moves. tree →
- My trousers are too big, so I wear a belt. tree →
- She has a yellow belt in karate. tree →
- The asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter. tree →
- Our shopping moved along the conveyor belt at the checkout. tree →
- Belt up, everyone; we're leaving! tree →
- A belt of rain will cross the country tonight. tree →
- With one race under his belt, he felt less nervous. tree →
- So he went away pulling in his belt and promising to return. tree →
note
Countable: belts. «Belt up» means fasten your seat belt (UK), but it can also be rude slang for «be quiet». Wearing a seat belt is the law in many countries, for children and adults. A belt should never be put around anyone's neck.
In the corpora
- He poureth contempt upon princes, and looseth the belt of the strong.
- Each animal got «a belt... and then a sword... and then a cutlass on the other side to balance it.
- A child uses a booster seat until the adult belt fits, usually around 145 to 150 cm or 4 feet 9 inches tall.
- The seat belt stays on until the car has stopped and the engine is off.
- Everyone needs their own seat belt; two children never share one and nobody rides on a lap.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «belt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.