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Definition of Bolt
1. Adverb. In a rigid manner. "He sat bolt upright"
2. Verb. Move or jump suddenly. "She bolted from her seat"
3. Noun. A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder.
4. Adverb. Directly. "Ran slap into her"
5. Verb. Secure or lock with a bolt. "Bolt the door"
6. Noun. A sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech.
7. Verb. Swallow hastily.
8. Noun. The part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key.
Generic synonyms: Bar
Group relationships: Lock
Specialized synonyms: Safety Bolt, Safety Lock
9. Verb. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along. "The accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
Specialized synonyms: Levant
Generic synonyms: Flee, Fly, Take Flight
Derivative terms: Absconder, Abscondment, Decampment
10. Noun. The act of moving with great haste. "He made a dash for the door"
11. Verb. Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry. "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
12. Noun. A roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length.
13. Verb. Eat hastily without proper chewing. "They bolt more bread"; "Don't bolt your food!"
14. Noun. A screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener.
Terms within: Clinch, Head, Shank
Group relationships: Nut And Bolt
Generic synonyms: Screw
15. Verb. Make or roll into bolts. "Bolt fabric"
16. Noun. A sudden abandonment (as from a political party).
Category relationships: Government, Political Science, Politics
Definition of Bolt
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
3. v. i. 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.
4. adv. In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
5. n. A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.
6. v. t. 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.
7. n. A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
Definition of Bolt
1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English) ¹
2. Noun. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw. ¹
3. Noun. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism. ¹
4. Noun. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open. ¹
5. Noun. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm. ¹
6. Noun. A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult, especially a short, stout arrow. ¹
7. Noun. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning ''bolt''. ¹
8. Noun. A sudden event, action or emotion. ¹
9. Noun. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a ''bolt'' of cloth. ¹
10. Noun. (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards. ¹
11. Verb. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt. ¹
12. Verb. To secure a door by locking or barring it. ¹
13. Verb. (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly. ¹
14. Verb. (intransitive) To escape. ¹
15. Verb. (intransitive) Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed. ¹
16. Verb. To swallow food without chewing it. ¹
17. Verb. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink. ¹
18. Verb. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour. ¹
19. Verb. To sift, especially through a cloth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bolt
1. to sift [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bolt
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