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bolt - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'bolt' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bolt [ adv.]
- In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
2 . Bolt [ 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.
- 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- A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.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.
3 . Bolt [ 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.
- 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.
4 . Bolt [ v. t.]
- 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)

1 . bolt [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of moving with great haste
Example in sentence:
  • he made a dash for the door
2 . bolt [ v]
Meaning (2):
- make or roll into bolts
Example in sentence:
  • bolt fabric
Meaning (3):
- secure or lock with a bolt
Example in sentence:
  • bolt the door
Meaning (4):
- eat hastily without proper chewing
Example in sentence:
  • Don't bolt your food!
Meaning (5):
- move or jump suddenly
Example in sentence:
  • She bolted from her seat
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
8 . bolt [ r]
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