belted
Definition
- Adjective:
- Fitted with or secured by a belt: Describes an item of clothing or an object that has a belt as a part of its design or is held in place by a belt.
- Characterized by a band or strip: Can describe something marked with a band or strip resembling a belt, often in color or material.
Examples
- Adjective:
- She wore a belted trench coat to stay warm. (Her coat had a belt attached to it.)
- The belted ammunition fed smoothly into the machine gun. (The ammunition was connected in a strip or belt.)
- The belted kingfisher is easily identified by the gray band across its chest. (The bird has a colored band that looks like a belt.)
Advanced Usage
- "Belted out" (Phrasal Verb, Past Tense): Sang or shouted something loudly and forcefully.
- The singer belted out the final note of the song. (This is the past tense of the phrasal verb "to belt out," meaning to sing very loudly.)
- In heraldry or descriptive zoology, "belted" specifies a pattern of a contrasting band.
- The belted Galloway is a breed of cattle with a distinctive white band around its midsection.
Variants and Related Words
- Belt (n): A strip of leather, cloth, or other material worn around the waist; a continuous band used in machinery.
- Belt (v): To fasten or secure with a belt; to hit something forcefully (informal).
- Unbelted (adj): Not wearing or secured by a belt.
- Passengers must not ride unbelted.
- Beltless (adj): Lacking a belt; not having a belt.
- He preferred a beltless style for his trousers.
Synonyms
- Girdled: Encircled or fastened with a belt or band.
- Sashed: Having or wearing a sash.
- Banded: Marked with a stripe or band.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Belt out (v): To sing or shout something very loudly and enthusiastically.
- The choir will belt out the national anthem.
- Belt up (v, chiefly British, informal): To be quiet; to stop talking. Also means to fasten one's seatbelt.
- Belt up, I'm trying to concentrate! (Be quiet.)
- Please belt up before we drive. (Fasten your seatbelt.)
Related Idioms
- Below the belt: Unfair or unscrupulous, especially in a personal attack.
- His comment about her family was below the belt.
- Tighten one's belt: To spend less money because one has less of it.
- After losing his job, he had to tighten his belt.
Adjective
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having or provided with a belt
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a belted dress
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