The difference between Belt and Blow
When used as nouns, belt means 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, whereas blow means a strong wind.
When used as verbs, belt means to encircle, whereas blow means to produce an air current.
Blow is also adjective with the meaning: blue.
check bellow for the other definitions of Belt and Blow
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Belt as a 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.
Examples:
"As part of the act, the fat clown's belt broke, causing his pants to fall down."
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Belt as a noun:
A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
Examples:
"Keep your belt fastened; this is going to be quite a bumpy ride."
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Belt as a noun:
A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
Examples:
"The motor had a single belt that snaked its way back and forth around a variety of wheels."
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Belt as a noun:
Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
Examples:
"a belt of trees; a belt of sand"
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Belt as a noun:
A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
Examples:
"the heavyweight belt"
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Belt as a noun (astronomy):
A collection of rocky-constituted bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
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Belt as a noun (astronomy):
One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
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Belt as a noun:
A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
Examples:
"After the bouncer gave him a solid belt to the gut, Simon had suddenly had enough of barfighting."
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Belt as a noun:
A quick drink of liquor.
Examples:
"Care to join me in a belt of scotch?"
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Belt as a noun (usually, capitalized):
A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
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Belt as a noun (baseball):
The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
Examples:
"That umpire called that pitch a strike at the belt."
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Belt as a noun (weapons):
device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon
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Belt as a verb (transitive):
To encircle.
Examples:
"The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions."
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Belt as a verb (transitive):
To fasten a belt on.
Examples:
"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."
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Belt as a verb (transitive):
To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
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Belt as a verb (transitive):
To hit with a belt.
Examples:
"The child was misbehaving so he was belted as punishment."
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Belt as a verb (transitive):
To scream or sing in a loud manner.
Examples:
"He belted out the national anthem."
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Belt as a verb (transitive):
To drink quickly, often in gulps.
Examples:
"He belted down a shot of whisky."
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Belt as a verb (transitive, slang):
To hit someone or something.
Examples:
"The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game."
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Belt as a verb (transitive, baseball):
To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
Examples:
"He belted that pitch over the grandstand."
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Belt as a verb (intransitive):
To move very fast
Examples:
"He was really belting along."
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Blow as an adjective (now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England):
Blue.
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To produce an air current.
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To propel by an air current.
Examples:
"Blow the dust off that book and open it up."
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To be propelled by an air current.
Examples:
"The leaves blow through the streets in the fall."
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
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Blow as a verb:
To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
Examples:
"to blow the fire"
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Blow as a verb:
To clear of contents by forcing air through.
Examples:
"to blow an egg"
"to blow one's nose"
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To make a sound as the result of being blown.
Examples:
"In the harbor, the ships' horns blew."
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Blow as a verb (intransitive, of a [[cetacean]]):
To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
Examples:
"There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow."
"There she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")"
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To explode.
Examples:
"Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!"
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Blow as a verb (transitive, with "up", or, with prep phrase headed by "to"):
To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
Examples:
"The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up."
"The aerosol can was blown to bits."
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To cause sudden destruction of.
Examples:
"He blew the tires and the engine."
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To suddenly fail destructively.
Examples:
"He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line."
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Blow as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To be very undesirable (see also suck).
Examples:
"This blows!"
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Blow as a verb (transitive, slang):
To recklessly squander.
Examples:
"I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour."
"I blew $35 thou on a car."
"We blew an opportunity to get benign corporate sponsorship."
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Blow as a verb (transitive, vulgar):
To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)
Examples:
"Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?"
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Blow as a verb (transitive, slang):
To leave.
Examples:
"Let's blow this joint."
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Blow as a verb:
To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
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Blow as a verb (obsolete):
To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
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Blow as a verb (obsolete):
To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
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Blow as a verb (intransitive):
To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
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Blow as a verb (transitive):
To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
Examples:
"to blow a horse"
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Blow as a verb (obsolete):
To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
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Blow as a verb (slang, informal, AAVE):
To sing
Examples:
"That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!"
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Blow as a verb (Scientology, intransitive):
To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
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Blow as a noun:
A strong wind.
Examples:
"We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon."
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Blow as a noun (informal):
A chance to catch one's breath.
Examples:
"The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout."
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Blow as a noun (uncountable, US, slang):
Cocaine.
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Blow as a noun (uncountable, UK, slang):
Cannabis.
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Blow as a noun (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang):
Heroin.
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Blow as a noun:
the act of striking or hitting
Examples:
"A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone."
"During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection."
"synonyms: bace strike hit punch"
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Blow as a noun:
a sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault
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Blow as a noun:
a damaging occurrence.
Examples:
"A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park."
"synonyms: disaster calamity"
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Blow as a verb:
to blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom
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Blow as a noun:
a mass or display of flowers; a yield
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Blow as a noun:
a display of anything brilliant or bright
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Blow as a noun:
a bloom, state of flowering
Examples:
"roses in full blow."
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