Definitions of BOLT [ʊlt]

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Definition of 'BOLT'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bolt
any of several types of strong fastening rods, pins, or screws, usu. threaded to receive a nut.

2.  bolt
a movable bar or rod that is slid into a socket to fasten a door, gate, etc.

3.  bolt
the part of a lock that is shot from and drawn back into the case, as by the action of the key.

4.  bolt
a sudden dash, flight, or escape.

5.  bolt
a sudden desertion from a political party, social movement, etc.

6.  bolt
a length of woven goods, esp. as it comes on a roll from the loom.

7.  bolt
a roll of wallpaper.

8.  bolt
(on a breechloading rifle) a sliding rod or bar that shoves a cartridge into the firing chamber and closes the breech.

9.  bolt
a short, heavy arrow for a crossbow.

10.  bolt
a thunderbolt.

11. (v.t.) bolt
to fasten with or as if with a bolt.

12.  bolt
to discontinue support of or participation in; break with:
to bolt a political party.

13.  bolt
to shoot or discharge (a missile), as from a crossbow or catapult.

14.  bolt
to say impulsively; blurt out.

15.  bolt
to swallow (one's food or drink) hurriedly:
He bolted his breakfast.

16.  bolt
to make (cloth, wallpaper, etc.) into bolts.

17. (v.i.) bolt
to make a sudden flight or escape.

18.  bolt
to break away, as from one's political party.

19.  bolt
to produce flowers or seeds prematurely.

20. (adv.) bolt
Archaic. suddenly.

21.  bolt
bolt out of or from the blue, a sudden and entirely unforeseen event.

22.  bolt
bolt upright, stiffly or rigidly straight:
to sit bolt upright .

23. (v.t.) bolt
to sift through a cloth or sieve.

24.  bolt
to examine or search into, as if by sifting.

Etymology: (1150–1200; ME bulten < OF bul(e)ter, metathetic var. of *buteler < Gmc)

Definition of 'BOLT'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) thunderbolt, bolt, bolt of lightning
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

2. (noun) bolt
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech

3. (noun) bolt, deadbolt
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key

4. (noun) dash, bolt
the act of moving with great haste
"he made a dash for the door"

5. (noun) bolt
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length

6. (noun) bolt
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener

7. (verb) bolt
a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)

8. (verb) bolt
move or jump suddenly
"She bolted from her seat"

9. (verb) bolt
secure or lock with a bolt
"bolt the door"

10. (verb) bolt
swallow hastily

11. (verb) abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
"The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

12. (verb) run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
"The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

13. (verb) gobble, bolt
eat hastily without proper chewing
"Don't bolt your food!"

14. (adverb) bolt
make or roll into bolts
"bolt fabric"

15. (adverb) rigidly, stiffly, bolt
in a rigid manner
"the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright"

16. (adverb) bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt
directly
"he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"

Definition of 'BOLT'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) bolt
a sliding metal door lock
He slid the bolt into place.

2.  bolt
a metal pin used to fasten things together
nuts and bolts

3. (verb) bolt
≠ unlock
to bolt the door

4.  bolt
to fasten things together with a bolt
shelving bolted to the wall

5.  bolt
to suddenly run away
the horse bolted

Definition of 'BOLT'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) BOLT
in the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly

2. (noun) BOLT
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

3. (noun) BOLT
lightning; a thunderbolt

4. (noun) BOLT
a strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end

5. (noun) BOLT
a sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key

6. (noun) BOLT
an iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter

7. (noun) BOLT
a compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards

8. (noun) BOLT
a bundle, as of oziers

9. (noun) BOLT
a sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter

10. (verb) BOLT
to shoot; to discharge or drive forth

11. (verb) BOLT
to utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out

12. (verb) BOLT
to swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food

13. (verb) BOLT
to refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part

14. (verb) BOLT
to cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc

15. (verb) BOLT
to fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain

16. (verb) BOLT
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

17. (verb) BOLT
to strike or fall suddenly like a bolt

18. (verb) BOLT
to spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted

19. (verb) BOLT
to refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party

20. (verb) BOLT
a sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt

21. (verb) BOLT
a sudden flight, as to escape creditors

22. (verb) BOLT
a refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party

23. (verb) BOLT
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

24. (verb) BOLT
to separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out

25. (verb) BOLT
to discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law

Translation of 'BOLT'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a bar to fasten a door etc We have a bolt as well as a lock on the door.
Afrikaans: grendel	Arabic: مِزْلاج، قِـفْـل	Bulgarian: резе
Brazilian: tranca	Czech: závora	German: der Riegel
Danish: slå	Greek: αμπάρα, μάνταλο	Spanish: pestillo
Estonian: riiv	Farsi: چفت در	Finnish: telki
French: verrou	Hebrew: בְּרִיחַ	Hindi: चटखनी
Croatian: zasun	Hungarian: tolózár	Indonesian: gerendel
Icelandic: hurðar-/renniloka	Italian: catenaccio	Japanese: かんぬき
Korean: 빗장	Lithuanian: sklendė	Latvian: bulta; aizbīdnis
Malay: selak	Dutch: grendel	Norwegian: slå
Polish: zasuwka	Persian: چفت در	Pashto: کلفک
Portuguese: tranca	Romanian: zăvor	Russian: засов
Slovak: závora	Slovenian: zapah	Serbian: reza
Swedish: regel	Thai: กลอนประตู	Turkish: sürgü, kol demiri
Taiwanese: 門閂	Ukrainian: засув	Urdu: چٹخنی
Vietnamese: then cửa	Chinese: 锸锁，门闩
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