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English

Image:Bolt-with-nut.jpg|thumb|right|150px|a fastening bolt Image:Bolt_lock.jpg|thumb|right|150px|a door bolt Image:Stoffballen2_fcm.jpg|thumb|right|150px|bolts of fabric

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bultas, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European base *bheld- "to knock, strike".

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body, partially or completely threaded, and a larger head. Unlike a screw, it can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut threaded on the other end.
  2. A slide|sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
  3. A bar of wood or metal dropped in hooks on a door and adjoining walls, or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
  4. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a round in a gun.
  5. A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult, especially a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow.
  6. A lightning spark, i.e. lightning bolt: a bolt from the blue.
  7. A large roll of material, e.g. fabric: a bolt of cloth.
  8. The standard measurement of length of canvas for use at sea; 39 yards


Derived terms


Translations

  • Chinese tradtional/simplified: 拴緊, 拴緊 (shuān jǐn)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|šroub|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|boulon|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Schraube|f}}
  • Hebrew: בורג (boreg)
  • Hungarian:
  • Norwegian: {{t-|no|bolt|m}}
  • Serbian: reza, prevornica
  • Spanish: {{t-|es|tornillo|m}}
  • Chinese traditional/simplified: 門栓, 門栓 (mén shuān)
  • Finnish:
  • French: {{t+|fr|verrou|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Riegel|m}}
  • Hungarian:
  • Serbian: zavrtanj
  • Chinese traditional/simplified: 門栓, 門栓 (mén shuān)
  • Finnish: ,
  • German: {{t+|de|Riegel|m}}
  • Chinese traditional/simplified: 螺栓, 螺栓 (luó shuān)
  • Finnish:
  • Chinese traditional/simplified: 弩箭, 弩箭 (lǔ)
  • Finnish:
  • German: {{t-|de|Bolzen|m}}
  • Chinese traditional/simplified: 閃電, 閃電 (shǎn diàn)
  • Finnish:
  • Hungarian:
  • Chinese traditional/simplified: 一匹, 一匹 (yì pī)
  • Finnish: , ,
  • German: {{t-|de|Ballen|m}}
  • Serbian: smotak, bala
  • Chinese traditional/simplified: 一捲, 一捲 (yì juàn)
  • Serbian:

See also


Verb

  1. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
  2. : Bolt the vice to the bench.
  3. To secure a door by locking or barring it.
  4. : Bolt the door.
  5. To accelerate suddenly.
  6. : The horse bolted.
  7. To escape.
  8. Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
  9. : Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.


Translations

  • Finnish:
  • Finnish: ,
  • Finnish:
  • Finnish: ,

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Italian volta

Noun

  1. shop


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bolt \Bolt\, n. [AS. bolt; akin to Icel. bolti, Dan. bolt, D.
bout, OHG. bolz, G. bolz, bolzen; of uncertain origin.]
1. 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.
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Look that the crossbowmen lack not bolts. --Sir W.
Scott.
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A fool's bolt is soon shot. --Shak.
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2. Lightning; a thunderbolt.
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3. 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.
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4. 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.
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5. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a
fetter. [Obs.]
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Away with him to prison!
lay bolts enough upon him. --Shak.
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6. A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk,
often containing about forty yards.
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7. A bundle, as of oziers.
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Bolt auger, an auger of large size; an auger to make holes
for the bolts used by shipwrights.

Bolt and nut, a metallic pin with a head formed upon one
end, and a movable piece (the nut) screwed upon a thread
cut upon the other end. See B, C, and D, in illust. above.
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Note: See Tap bolt, Screw bolt, and Stud bolt.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bolting.]
1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
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2. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
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I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments. --Milton.
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3. To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food; often used
with down.
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4. (U. S. Politics) 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.
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5. (Sporting) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge,
as conies, rabbits, etc.
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6. To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as
a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
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Let tenfold iron bolt my door. --Langhorn.
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Which shackles accidents and bolts up change.
--Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bolt \Bolt\, adv.
In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
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[He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon.
--Thackeray.
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Bolt upright.
(a) Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up;
unbendingly erect. --Addison.
(b) On the back at full length. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bolt \Bolt\, n. [From Bolt, v. i.]
1. A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the
horse made a bolt.
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2. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
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This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he
contemplated a bolt to America -- or anywhere.
--Compton
Reade.
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3. (U. S. Politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by
the party with which one has been connected; a breaking
away from one's party.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bolt \Bolt\ (b[=o]lt; 110), v. i.
1. 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.
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This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . .
And oft out of a bush doth bolt. --Drayton.
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2. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
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His cloudless thunder bolted on their heads.
--Milton.
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3. To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as,
the horse bolted.
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4. (U.S. Politics) 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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bolting.] [OE. bolten, boulten, OF. buleter, F. bluter, fr.
Ll. buletare, buratare, cf. F. bure coarse woolen stuff; fr.
L. burrus red. See Borrel, and cf. Bultel.]
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1. 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.
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He now had bolted all the flour. --Spenser.
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Ill schooled in bolted language. --Shak.
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2. To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.
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Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things.
--L'Estrange.
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3. (Law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as
cases at law. --Jacob.
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To bolt to the bran, to examine thoroughly, so as to
separate or discover everything important. --Chaucer.
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This bolts the matter fairly to the bran. --Harte.
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The report of the committee was examined and sifted
and bolted to the bran. --Burke.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bolt \Bolt\, n.
A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting
flour and meal; a bolter. --B. Jonson.
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WordNet bolt
n 1: a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder [syn: thunderbolt,
bolt of lightning]
2: a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an
empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
3: the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
[syn: deadbolt]
4: the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the
door" [syn: dash]
5: a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
6: a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
7: a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
adv 1: in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "ge sat
bolt upright" [syn: rigidly, stiffly]
2: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
[syn: bang, slap, slapdash, smack]
v 1: move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat"
2: secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door" [ant: unbolt]
3: swallow hastily
4: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody
along [syn: abscond, absquatulate, decamp, run off,
go off]
5: 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" [syn: run off, run out,
bolt out, beetle off]
6: eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"
[syn: gobble]
7: make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric"
Moby Dictionary
AWOL , French leave , Irish confetti , Jupiter Fulgur , Thor , abscond ,
absence without leave , absquatulate , absquatulation , apostacize ,
apostasy , apostatize , arrow , arrowhead , articulate , assort , attach ,
backsliding , bale , ball lightning , bang , bar , barb , barricade ,
barrier , batten , batten down , beat a retreat , betray , betrayal ,
bindle , blat , block , block up , blockade , blow , blurt out ,
bobtailed arrow , boil , bola , bolt down , bolt of lightning ,
bolt upright , bomb , bombshell , boomerang , bouquet , break away ,
breakaway , brickbat , buckle , budget , bundle , burn out , butt ,
button , button up , career , catch , categorize , chain lightning ,
change sides , charge , chase , chested arrow , chock , choke ,
choke off , clap , clarify , clasp , classify , clear , clear out , cleat ,
clip , close , close off , close tight , close up , cloth yard shaft ,
coil , collate , connect , constrict , contain , contract , cordon ,
cordon off , countermissile , cover , cram , crowd , cry out , cull out ,
cut and run , dark lightning , dart , dash , dash off , debar , decamp ,
decampment , deck , decrassify , defect , defection , depart , depurate ,
dereliction , desert , deserter , desertion , devour , disappearance ,
disappearing act , disloyalty , distill , divide , dog , dovetail ,
edulcorate , ejaculate , elope , elopement , elute , engorge , erect ,
escape , essentialize , exit , extract , eye-opener , fagot ,
faithlessness , fall away , fall off , fardel , fasces , fascine ,
fasten , filter , filtrate , fireball , firebolt , fix , flee , flight ,
fling , fly , flying flame , fold , fold up , forked lightning ,
fugitate , fugitation , fulguration , fulmination , ghettoize ,
gluttonize , go AWOL , go over , gobble , going over , gorge ,
gormandize , gradate , grade , group , gulp , gulp down , guttle , guzzle ,
hasp , haste , hasten , hasty retreat , hegira , hie , hinge , hitch ,
hook , hump , hump it , hurry , hurtle , ingurgitate , insulate , jam ,
joint , jump , jump bail , keep apart , keep aside , key , lash , latch ,
lay aside , leach , length , let down , levant , levin bolt , lightning ,
live to eat , lixiviate , lock , lock out , lock up , make haste ,
make off , missile , miter , mortise , nail , nosegay ,
oak-cleaving thunderbolts , obstruct , occlude , pack , package ,
packet , padlock , parcel , part , peg , percolate , pick out , piece ,
pin , plumb , poop out , portion , post , posy , projectile , pull out ,
purify , put aside , quarantine , quarrel , quick exit , quiver , rabbet ,
race , rank , rat , ratting , raven , recidivation , recidivism ,
recreancy , rectify , reed , refine , revelation , riddle , rigidly ,
rivet , rock , rocket , rod , roll , rouleau , run , run away ,
run away from , run away with , run for it , run off , run out on ,
running away , rush , scamper , scarf , schism , scoot , scour , scram ,
scramble , scramming , screen , screw , scud , scurry , scuttle , seal ,
seal off , seal up , secede , secession , seclude , secure , segregate ,
sell out , separate , set apart , set aside , sew , shaft , sheaf ,
sheet lightning , shock , shocker , shoot , show the heels , shut ,
shut off , shut out , shut the door , shut tight , shut up , sieve ,
sift , size , skedaddle , skedaddling , skewer , skip , skip out , slam ,
slip the cable , slop , slosh , snap , sort , sort out , spiritualize ,
spring , squeeze , squeeze shut , staple , startle , step on it , stick ,
stiffly , stifle , stitch , stone , stop up , straight , strain ,
strangle , strangulate , strip , stroke of lightning , stuff ,
sublimate , sublime , subordinate , suffocate , surprise ,
swallow whole , switch , switch over , tack , take French leave ,
take flight , take to flight , take wing , tear , thrash , thresh ,
throw stick , throwing-stick , thunderball , thunderbolt ,
thunderstroke , toggle , torpedo , treason , truss , try , turn cloak ,
turn tail , turning traitor , volley , waddy , walkout , wedge , winnow ,
wolf , wolf down , zip up , zipper


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