belt down

verb

To beat down on the surface.

“Rain belted down throughout the city.”

Meanings

verbbelt down (third-person singular simple present belts down, present participle belting down, simple past and past participle belted down)

present singular third person belts down · participle present belting down · participle past belted down · past belted down

  1. climatologyTo beat down on the surface.

    Rain belted down throughout the city.

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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