Definition of Bolt
1. Noun. A discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder.
2. Verb. Move or jump suddenly. "She bolted from her seat"
3. Adverb. In a rigid manner. "He sat bolt upright"
4. Noun. A sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech.
5. Verb. Secure or lock with a bolt. "Bolt the door"
6. Adverb. Directly. "Ran slap into her"
7. 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 The part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key.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
8. Verb. Swallow hastily.
9. Noun. The act of moving with great haste. "He made a dash for the door"
10. 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
11. Noun. A roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length.
12. Verb. Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry. "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
13. 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
14. Verb. Eat hastily without proper chewing. "They bolt more bread"; "Don't bolt your food!"
15. Noun. A sudden abandonment (as from a political party).
Category relationships: Government, Political Science, Politics
16. Verb. Make or roll into bolts. "Bolt fabric"
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. to sift [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sift
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