bolt | English to English Dictionary

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bolt

(b/oU/lt )

a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder(noun.phenomenon)

Synonym:
bolt of lightning, thunderbolt

source: wordnet30
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
deadbolt

source: wordnet30
the act of moving with great haste(noun.act)

Synonym:
dash

source: wordnet30
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)(noun.act)

source: wordnet30
A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.(noun)

source: webster1913
A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.(noun)

source: webster1913
A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.(noun)

source: webster1913

in a rigid manner(adv.all)

Example:
He sat bolt upright.

Synonym:
rigidly, stiffly

source: wordnet30
directly(adv.all)

Synonym:
bang, man-to-man, sheer, slap, slapdash, smack

source: wordnet30
In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.(adverb)

source: webster1913

move or jump suddenly(verb.motion)

Example:
She bolted from her seat.

source: wordnet30
secure or lock with a bolt(verb.contact)

Example:
Bolt the door.

Antonym:
unbolt

source: wordnet30
swallow hastily(verb.consumption)

source: wordnet30
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along(verb.motion)

Synonym:
abscond, absquatulate, decamp, go off, make off, run off

source: wordnet30
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry(verb.motion)

Example:
The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas.

Synonym:
beetle off, bolt out, run off, run out

source: wordnet30
eat hastily without proper chewing(verb.consumption)

Example:
Don't bolt your food!.

Synonym:
gobble

source: wordnet30
make or roll into bolts(verb.change)

Example:
Bolt fabric.

source: wordnet30
To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.(verb)

source: webster1913
To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.(verb)

source: webster1913
To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.(verb)

source: webster1913