Word: Bolt
How to pronounce: bəʊlt
Noun
Definitions:
1. A bar that slides into a socket to fasten a door or window.
Example sentences: "He reached through the hole in the door and slid the bolt on the inside."
2. A short, heavy arrow shot from a crossbow.
Example sentences: "Crossbow bolts and arrows passed like clouds across the face of the sun."
3. A jagged white flash of lightning.
Example sentences: "A great bolt of white lightning flashed out of thin air."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Fasten (a door or window) with a bar that slides into a socket.
Example sentences: "All the doors were locked and bolted"
Verb
Definitions:
1. (of a horse or other animal) run away suddenly out of control.
Example sentences: "The horses shied and bolted"
2. Eat or swallow (food) quickly.
Example sentences: "It is normal for puppies to bolt down their food"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A roll of fabric, originally as a measure.
Example sentences: "The room is stacked with bolts of cloth"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Pass (flour, powder, or other material) through a sieve.
Synonyms:
screw
propeller
hasp
deadbolt
locking bars
shutter
valve
lightning
arrow
thunderbolt
zip
lock
latch
skedaddle
run
decamp
scuttle
run off
run out
flee
scurry
stud
hairpin
pin
lock up
rush
jump
dash
blow
Antonyms:
unscrew
turn
Derivations:
bolting
bolter
bolted
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Bolt in Other Languages...
Spanish: Perno
German: Schraube
French: Boulon
Italian: Bullone
Turkish: Cıvata
