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belt | gear |

As a noun belt

is .

As a proper noun gear is

feb (february).

belt

English

(wikipedia belt)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down.
  • A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
    • Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride.
  • A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
    • The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels.
  • Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
    • a belt''' of trees; a '''belt of sand
  • (astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
  • (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
  • A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
    • After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting.
  • A quick drink of liquor.
    • Care to join me in a belt of scotch?
  • (usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt'', ''Bible Belt'', ''Black Belt'', ''Green Belt ).
  • (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
    • That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt .
  • (weapons) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon

    • Synonyms

    * (band worn around waist) girdle, waistband, sash, strap * (band used as safety restraint) restraint, safety belt, seat belt * (powerful blow) blow, punch, sock, wallop

    Derived terms

    * asteroid belt * below the belt * belted (adjective) * belt track * Bible Belt * black belt * chastity belt * conveyor belt * fan belt * kidney belt * Kuiper belt * radiation belt * Rust Belt * safety belt * seat belt * tighten one's belt * under one's belt * utility belt

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To encircle.
    • The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
  • To fasten 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.
  • To hit with a belt.
    • The child was misbehaving so it was belted as punishment.
  • and intransitive To scream or sing in a loud manner.
    • He belted out the national anthem.
  • To drink quickly, often in gulps.
    • He belted down a shot of whisky.
  • (slang) To hit someone or something.
    • The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
  • (baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
    • He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
  • To move very fast
    • He was really belting along.

    Synonyms

    * (to encircle) circle, girdle, surround * (to fasten a belt) buckle, fasten, strap * (to hit with a belt) strap, whip * (to drink quickly) gulp, pound, slurp * (to hit someone or something) bash, clobber, smack, wallop * (to move quickly) book, speed, whiz, zoom

    Derived terms

    * belted l * belt out * belt up * beltloop

    Anagrams

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    gear

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia gear)
  • (uncountable) equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
  • Clothing; garments.
  • * Spenser
    • Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear .
  • (obsolete) Goods; property; household items.
    • (Chaucer)
  • * Robynson (More's Utopia)
    • Homely gear and common ware.
  • (countable) a wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
  • (countable) a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.
  • (countable) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque
  • (slang) recreational drugs
  • * 2003 , Marianne Hancock, Looking for Oliver (page 90)
    • Have you got any gear ? Dominic, have you got any acid?
  • (uncountable, archaic) stuff.
  • * 1662 , , Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
    • "When he was digged up, which was in the presence of the Magistracy of the Town, his body was found entire, not at all putrid, no ill smell about him, saving the mustiness of the grave-Clothes, his joynts limber and flexible, as in those that are alive, his skin only flaccid, but a more fresh grown in the room of it, the wound of his throat gaping, but no gear nor corruption in it; there was also observed a Magical mark in the great toe of his right foot, viz. an Excrescency in the form of a Rose."
  • (obsolete) Business matters; affairs; concern.
  • * Spenser
    • Thus go they both together to their gear .
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) Anything worthless; nonsense; rubbish.
    • (Wright)
  • * Latimer
    • That servant of his that confessed and uttered this gear was an honest man.

    Synonyms

    * cog, cogwheel, gearwheel

    Derived terms

    * change gear * change gears * high gear * gear lever * gear shift * gear up * shift gear * shift gears * up a gear

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (engineering) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
  • (engineering) To be in, or come into, gear.
  • to dress; to put gear on; to harness.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (mostly British (Scouse) ) great or fantastic

    • Anagrams

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