See also Bolt,
and Bôłt
English
a fastening bolt
a door bolt
bolts of fabric
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /bɒlt/, /bəʊlt/; SAMPA: /bQlt/, /b@Ult/
- Rhymes: -əʊlt or Rhymes: -ɒlt
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *bultas, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bheld- (“to knock, strike”). Akin to Danish bolt, German Bolz/Bolzen, Icelandic bolti
Noun
bolt (plural bolts)
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult, especially a short, stout arrow.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
- A sudden event.
- The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
Derived terms
terms derived from bolt (noun)
Translations
metal fastener
- Bulgarian: болт bg(bg) m.
- Chinese: 拴緊 (shuān jǐn)
- Czech: šroub cs(cs) m.
- Dutch: bout nl(nl) m. and f.
- Finnish: pultti fi(fi)
- French: boulon fr(fr) m.
- German: Schraube de(de) f.
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- Hebrew: בורג he(he) (bóreg) m.
- Hungarian: csavar hu(hu)
- Norwegian: bolt no(no) m.
- Serbian: reza, prevornica
- Spanish: tornillo es(es) m.
- Swedish: bult sv(sv) c.
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sliding pin or bar in a lock
- Bulgarian: резе bg(bg) n., мандало bg(bg) n.
- Chinese: 門栓 (mén shuān)
- Dutch: grendel nl(nl) m.
- Finnish: salpa fi(fi)
- French: verrou fr(fr) m.
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- German: Riegel de(de) m.
- Hungarian: retesz hu(hu)
- Serbian: zavrtanj
- Spanish: cerrojo es(es) m.
- Swedish: kolv sv(sv) c. låskolv sv(sv) c.
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bar to prevent a door from being forced open
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- Greek: σύρτης el(el) (syrtis) m.
- Hungarian: tolózár hu(hu)
- Serbian: šip, čivija
- Swedish: regel sv(sv) c.
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sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
- Chinese: 螺栓 (luó shuān)
- Finnish: lukko fi(fi)
- Norwegian: sluttstykke n.
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- Russian: затвор ru(ru) m.
- Serbian: zatvarač sr(sr)
- Swedish: slutstycke sv(sv) n.
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short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
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- Serbian: strelka, strela
- Spanish: virote es(es) m.
- Swedish: pil sv(sv) c., skäkta sv(sv) c. (crossbow arrow)
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lightning spark
- Bulgarian: мълния bg(bg) f.
- Chinese: 閃電, 閃電 (shǎn diàn)
- Dutch: schicht nl(nl) m.
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large roll of material
- Bulgarian: топ bg(bg) m.
- Chinese: 一匹, 一匹 (yì pī)
- Dutch: rol nl(nl) m. and f.
- Finnish: rulla fi(fi), pakka fi(fi), paali fi(fi)
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standard measure of length of canvas
- Chinese: 一捲, 一捲 (yì juàn)
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- CJKV Characters: 閂, 闩
- Ido: bolto
- Portuguese:tranca, ferrolho
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See also
Verb
to bolt (third-person singular simple present bolts, present participle bolting, simple past and past participle bolted)
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- Bolt the vice to the bench.
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- Bolt the door.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.
- The actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- (intransitive) Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
- Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.
- To swallow food without chewing it.
- 1859 Darwin, Charles, On the Origin of Species, ch 11, p 362:
- Some hawks and owls bolt their prey whole, and after an interval of from twelve to twenty hours disgorge pellets.
- To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- Come on everyone - bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- Graham flour is unbolted flour.
Translations
to connect pieces using a bolt
- Bulgarian: закрепвам с болт bg(bg)
- Finnish: pultata fi(fi)
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- Hebrew: הבריג he(he) (hivríg)
- Hungarian: csavaroz hu(hu)
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to secure a door
- Bulgarian: залоствам bg(bg)
- Esperanto: rigli eo(eo)
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to accelerate suddenly
to escape
- Bulgarian: офейквам bg(bg)
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of a plant, to grow quickly
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Etymology 2
From Middle English bulten, from Anglo-Norman buleter, cognate with Middle High German biuteln (“to sift”)
Verb
to bolt (third-person singular simple present bolts, present participle bolting, simple past and past participle bolted)
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
From the Italian volta (“vault”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bolt (plural boltok)
- shop
- vault
Declension
declension of bolt
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singular |
plural |
| nominative |
bolt |
boltok |
| accusative |
boltot |
boltokat |
| dative |
boltnak |
boltoknak |
| instrumental |
bolttal |
boltokkal |
| causal-final |
boltért |
boltokért |
| translative |
bolttá |
boltokká |
| terminative |
boltig |
boltokig |
| essive-formal |
boltként |
boltokként |
| essive-modal |
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| inessive |
boltban |
boltokban |
| superessive |
bolton |
boltokon |
| adessive |
boltnál |
boltoknál |
| illative |
boltba |
boltokba |
| sublative |
boltra |
boltokra |
| allative |
bolthoz |
boltokhoz |
| elative |
boltból |
boltokból |
| delative |
boltról |
boltokról |
| ablative |
bolttól |
boltoktól |
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possessives of bolt
| possessor |
singular possession |
plural possession |
| 1st person sing. |
boltom |
boltjaim |
| 2nd person sing. |
boltod |
boltjaid |
| 3rd person sing. |
boltja |
boltjai |
| 1st person plural |
boltunk |
boltjaink |
| 2nd person plural |
boltotok |
boltjaitok |
| 3rd person plural |
boltjuk |
boltjaik |
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Derived terms
