Bolt
[bəʊlt] or [bolt]
Definition
(noun.) a sudden abandonment (as from a political party).
(noun.) a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener.
(noun.) the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key.
(noun.) a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech.
(noun.) a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length.
(verb.) make or roll into bolts; 'bolt fabric'.
(verb.) swallow hastily.
(verb.) secure or lock with a bolt; 'bolt the door'.
(verb.) move or jump suddenly; 'She bolted from her seat'.
Edited by Lenore--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) Lightning; a thunderbolt.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
(n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
(n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
(n.) A bundle, as of oziers.
(v. t.) To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
(v. t.) To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
(v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.
(v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
(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.
(v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
(v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.
(v. i.) 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.
(adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
(v. i.) A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.
(v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
(v. i.) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
(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.
(v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.
(v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
(n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
Edited by Hilda
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Arrow, dart, shaft.[2]. Thunderbolt, stroke of lightning.[3]. Pin (of large size).[4]. Sieve.
v. a. [1]. Fasten with a bolt.[2]. Swallow (without chewing).[3]. Sift, pass through a sieve.
v. n. [1]. Bounce, start suddenly, spring out abruptly.[2]. [U. S.] Rat, abscond, withdraw (especially from a political party), desert suddenly.
Inputed by Giles
Definition
n. a bar or pin used to fasten a door &c.: an arrow: a thunderbolt as in 'a bolt from the blue.'—v.t. to fasten with a bolt: to throw or utter precipitately: to expel suddenly: to swallow hastily.—v.i. to rush away (like a bolt from a bow): to start up: (U.S.) to break away from one's political party.—ns. Bolt′-head the head of a bolt: a chemical flask; Bolt′-rope a rope sewed all round the edge of a sail to prevent it from tearing; Bolt′sprit (same as Bowsprit).—adv. Bolt′-up′right upright and straight as a bolt or arrow.—n. Bolt′-up′rightness.
v.t. (better spelling Boult) to sift to separate the bran from as flour: to examine by sifting: to sift through coarse cloth.—ns. Bolt′er a sieve: a machine for separating bran from flour; Bolt′ing the process by which anything is bolted or sifted; Bolt′ing-hutch a hutch or large box into which flour falls when it is bolted.
Edited by Griffith
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of bolts, signifies that formidable obstacles will oppose your progress. If the bolts are old or broken, your expectations will be eclipsed by failures.
Checker: Mattie
Examples
- They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The gypsy aimed carefully and fired and as he jerked the bolt back and ejected the shell Robert Jordan said, Over. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The completed rail is then covered with a finishing strip, known as the blind rail, which covers the unsightly bolt heads and adds to the artistic effect of the table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- After despatching this second bolt with a still greater expenditure of force, Bella laughed and cried still more. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- With the other she wants to bolt, and pitch her rider to perdition. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I will put my arm in the bolt sooner than he should come to the slightest harm. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It is as knobby with countless little domes as a prison door is with bolt-heads. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I hear echoing footsteps in the passages below, and the iron thumping of bolts and bars at the house door. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The ponderous bolts grated into place. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The wood was imported in bolts or pieces three feet long. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It consisted of a large collection of bolts and screws which had been _cold-punched_, as well as of elevator and carrier chains, the links of which had been so punched. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He drew back the bolts with a trembling hand, and opened the door. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Bolts a bit of bread and butter. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Although not shown in the sketch, there is in practice a number of bolts passing through these two sets of molds at various places to hold them together in their relative positions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging the shutters together, he bolted them securely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The meal was then bolted, and the tailings, consisting of bran, middlings and adherent flour, again sifted and re-ground. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He hastily bolted it behind her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I'm obliged to bring you this way, sir, he said, because the door from the vestry to the church is bolted on the vestry side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Buffer says he knows a man who married a bathing-woman, and bolted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Not a casement was found unfastened, not a pane of glass broken; all the doors were bolted secure. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This door also was composed of solid oak, and was bolted at the top and bottom on the vestry side. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Stage-coaches were upsetting in all directions, horses were bolting, boats were overturning, and boilers were bursting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She saw Lupton bolting towards her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Uriah,' said I, bolting it out with some difficulty. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Don't make such a row,' said Sikes, bolting the door. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- We're three on us--it's no use bolting, the man behind said. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Then you are not in the habit of bolting your door every night before you get into bed? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- At first, bolting cloth was used for the screen, but at present two glass plates, with closely ruled lines, laid crosswise upon each other, form the screen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Ramon