Meaning of 'bolt' (Webster Dictionary)
- In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
- 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.
- Lightning; a thunderbolt.
- 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.
- 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portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a
fetter.
- A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk,
often containing about forty yards.
- A bundle, as of oziers.
- A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting
flour and meal; a bolter.
- 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.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as,
the horse bolted.
- 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.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the
horse made a bolt.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with
which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.
- 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.
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies,
rabbits, etc.
- To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as
a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
- 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.
- To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.
- To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases
at law.
Meaning of 'bolt' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the act of moving with great haste
Example in sentence:- he made a dash for the door
Meaning (2):
- make or roll into bolts
Meaning (3):
- secure or lock with a bolt
Meaning (4):
- eat hastily without proper chewing
Meaning (5):
- move or jump suddenly
Meaning (6):
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Example in sentence:- the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe;
- The thief made off with our silver
Meaning (7):
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
Example in sentence:- The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas;
- When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out
Meaning (8):
- directly
Example in sentence:- he fell sheer into the water;
- he ran bang into the pole;
- ran slap into her;
- we must talk man-to-man
Meaning (9):
- in a rigid manner
Example in sentence:- he sat bolt upright;
- the body was rigidly erect