Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wearing a belt; specifically, wearing a distinctive belt, as a knight.
- Marked or adorned with a band or circle: as, a belted stalk; the belted kingfisher.
- Worn in the belt, or hanging from the belt: said especially of a sword the sheath of which is secured permanently to the belt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; ; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction.
- adjective Marked with a band or circle.
- adjective Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.
- adjective cattle originally from Dutch stock, having a broad band of white round the middle, while the rest of the body is black; -- called also
blanketed cattle .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
belt .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or provided with a belt
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Examples
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I have seen signs of case stretching (bright ring just ahead of the belt) in belted magnum cases.
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I have seen signs of case stretching (bright ring just ahead of the belt) in belted magnum cases.
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I find that case separation is more common in belted magnums and heavy loaded-hi-velocity loads.
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The power is like a charging, one-manned train, where Mr. Koontz is the driver and the reader is the only passenger, where he or she will remain belted into the sea, reading paragraphs and turning pages, until the very last, collapsing in an exhausted heap; then rising after recuperation, hoping for a sequel.
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I find that case separation is more common in belted magnums and heavy loaded-hi-velocity loads.
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Following a pair of walks, Nevin belted an 0-2 pitch for a single to left field that gave San Diego a 4-2 edge and ended starter Sergio Mitre's evening.
USATODAY.com 2005
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Phil Nevin belted a three-run homer in the fifth that gave San
USATODAY.com 2004
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Shane Cronin belted a two-run homer in the fourth and John-Ford Griffin added an RBI double in the fifth for Norwich, which fell to 8-3 against Portland this year.
Eastern League - Class AA Baseball - Norwich vs. Portland 2002
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Micah Franklin belted two solo homers in both the fourth and sixth innings for Indianapolis, which has lost eight of its last
International League Baseball - Indianapolis vs. Louisville 2001
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Al Benjamin belted a solo shot leading off the second inning and Kory DeHaan drilled a two-run blast in the ninth for Mobile, which had its three-game winning streak snapped.
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