Belt vs. Shifter

Beltnoun

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.

Beltnoun

A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

Beltnoun

A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

Beltnoun

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.

Beltnoun

A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.

Beltnoun

(astronomy) A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.

Beltnoun

(astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

Beltnoun

A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

Beltnoun

A quick drink of liquor.

Beltnoun

A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

Beltnoun

(baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

Beltnoun

(weapons) device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon

Beltverb

(transitive) To encircle.

Beltverb

(transitive) To fasten a belt on.

Beltverb

(transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.

Beltverb

(transitive) To hit with a belt.

Beltverb

(transitive) To scream or sing in a loud manner.

Beltverb

(transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.

Beltverb

To hit someone or something.

Beltverb

To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.

Beltverb

(intransitive) To move very fast

Beltnoun

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

Beltnoun

That which restrains or confines as a girdle.

Beltnoun

Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe; as, a belt of trees; a belt of sand.

Beltnoun

Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.

Beltnoun

One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.

Beltnoun

A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.

Beltnoun

A token or badge of knightly rank.

Beltnoun

A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.

Beltnoun

A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

Beltverb

To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.

Beltverb

To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.

Beltnoun

endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys

Beltnoun

a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist)

Beltnoun

an elongated region where a specific condition is found;

Beltnoun

a vigorous blow;

Beltnoun

a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

Beltnoun

the act of hitting vigorously;

Beltverb

sing loudly and forcefully

Beltverb

deliver a blow to;

Beltverb

fasten with a belt;

Shifternoun

One who, or that which, shifts or changes.

Shifternoun

(linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.

Shifternoun

(dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

Shifternoun

(nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.

Shifternoun

(engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

Shifternoun

A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.

Shifternoun

(cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.

Shifternoun

A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.

Shifternoun

A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.

Shifternoun

A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.

Shifternoun

A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.

Shifternoun

(erotica) A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.

Shifternoun

One who, or that which, shifts; one who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

Shifternoun

An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.

Shifternoun

An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

Shifternoun

A foreman responsible for the work on one shift in one area, as in one heading{4}.

Shifternoun

a stagehand responsible for moving scenery

Shifternoun

a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears;