Belt (n.) That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.
Belt (n.) That which restrains or confines as a girdle.
Belt (n.) 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.
Belt (n.) Same as Band, n., 2. A very broad band is more properly termed a belt.
Belt (n.) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
Belt (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea.
Belt (n.) A token or badge of knightly rank.
Belt (n.) A band of leather, or other flexible substance, passing around two wheels, and communicating motion from one to the other.
Belt (n.) A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.
Belted (imp. & p. p.) of Belt
Belting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belt
Belt (v. t.) To encircle with, or as with, a belt; to encompass; to surround.
Belt (v. t.) To shear, as the buttocks and tails of sheep.
Beltane (n.) The first day of May (Old Style).
Beltane (n.) A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a modified form in some parts of Scotland and Ireland.
Belted (a.) Encircled by, or secured with, a belt; as, a belted plaid; girt with a belt, as an honorary distinction; as, a belted knight; a belted earl.
Belted (a.) Marked with a band or circle; as, a belted stalk.
Belted (a.) Worn in, or suspended from, the belt.
Beltein (n.) Alt. of Beltin
Beltin (n.) See Beltane.
Belting (n.) The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively.
Beluga (n.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
Beluted (imp. & p. p.) of Belute
Beluting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Belute
Belute (v. t.) To bespatter, as with mud.
Belvedere (n.) A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.
Belzebuth (n.) A spider monkey (Ateles belzebuth) of Brazil.
Bema (n.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
Bema (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
Bema (n.) Erroneously: A pulpit.
Bemad (v. t.) To make mad.
Bemangle (v. t.) To mangle; to tear asunder.
Bemask (v. t.) To mask; to conceal.
Bemaster (v. t.) To master thoroughly.
Bemaul (v. t.) To maul or beat severely; to bruise.
Bemaze (v. t.) To bewilder.
Bemean (v. t.) To make mean; to lower.
Bemet (imp. & p. p.) of Bemeet
Bemeeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemeet
Bemeet (v. t.) To meet.
Bemete (v. t.) To mete.
Bemingle (v. t.) To mingle; to mix.
Bemired (imp. & p. p.) of Bemire
Bemiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemire
Bemire (v. t.) To drag through, encumber with, or fix in, the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirt.
Bemist (v. t.) To envelop in mist.
Bemoaned (imp. & p. p.) of Bemoan
Bemoaning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bemoan
Bemoan (v. t.) To express deep grief for by moaning; to express sorrow for; to lament; to bewail; to pity or sympathize with.
Bemoaner (n.) One who bemoans.
Bemock (v. t.) To mock; to ridicule.
Bemoil (v. t.) To soil or encumber with mire and dirt.
Bemol (n.) The sign /; the same as B flat.
Bemonster (v. t.) To make monstrous or like a monster.
Bemourn (v. t.) To mourn over.
Bemuddle (v. t.) To muddle; to stupefy or bewilder; to confuse.
Bemuffle (v. t.) To cover as with a muffler; to wrap up.
Bemuse (v. t.) To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.
Ben () Alt. of Ben nut
Ben nut () The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa.
Ben (adv. & prep.) Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment.
Ben (adv.) The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment.
Ben () An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be.
Benamed (p. p.) of Bename
Benempt () of Bename
Bename (v. t.) To promise; to name.
Benches (pl. ) of Bench
Bench (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.
Bench (n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
Bench (n.) The seat where judges sit in court.
Bench (n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
Bench (n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
Bench (n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.
Benched (imp. & p. p.) of Bench
Benching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bench
Bench (v. t.) To furnish with benches.
Bench (v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.
Bench (v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.
Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.
Bencher (n.) An alderman of a corporation.
Bencher (n.) A member of a court or council.
Bencher (n.) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
Bench warrant () A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant.
Bended (imp. & p. p.) of Bend
Bent () of Bend
Bending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bend
Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
Bend (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
Bend (v. t.) To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
Bend (v. i.) To jut over; to overhang.
Bend (v. i.) To be inclined; to be directed.
Bend (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.
Bend (n.) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
Bend (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
Bend (n.) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
Bend (n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind.