Meaning of bolt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
2. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
3. A surname transferred from the nickname.
   countable, uncountable
4. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
5. A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, named after an early postmaster.
   countable, uncountable
6. 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.
7. An unincorporated community in the town of Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States.
   countable, uncountable
8. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
9. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
10. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
11. A sudden event, action or emotion.
12. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
13. The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
14. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
15. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
16. A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
    US
17. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
18. A burst of speed or efficiency.
19. A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).

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Examples

“There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a long snout and a pair of sleepy blinking eyes.”

“He had seen lightning bolts yesterday night.”

“The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.”

“With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.”

“Mr. Cole, Basket-maker...has lost near 300 boults of rods”

“Not only were the old sails being mended, but new sails were coming on board, and bolts of canvas, and coils of rigging; in short, everything betokened that the ship's preparations were hurrying to a close.”

“The horse made a bolt.”

“This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a bolt to America — or anywhere.”

“He shall to prison, and there die in boults.”

“Away with him to prison! Lay bolts enough upon him:”

“In the event they lacked a proper midfield bolt, with Toni Kroos and Sami Khedira huffing around in pursuit of the whizzing green machine. The centre-backs looked flustered, left to deal with three on two as Mexico broke. Löw’s 4-2-3-1 seemed antiquated and creaky, with the old World Cup shark Thomas Müller flat-footed in a wide position.”

“All kinds of vegetables may be used as a topping, but the best are strongly flavoured ones without too much moisture, such as celery, garlic bolts, chives, scallions, or various beans (long beans, green beans etc.) ...”

“She ordered Cat's Ear Noodles heaped with garlic bolts and tomatoes, the broth thick with cumin, laced with black vinegar. The girl caught her accent, the sibilant sing-song of the south, and smiled, tilting her head questioningly.”

“The combination, in a flour bolt, of a reel head having a throat near its outer edge for the passage of the tailings and a series of revolving adjustable beaters, substantially as set forth.”

“We have a number of these reels in different mills that are bolting the break flour direct from the scalping reels and scalped through No. 8 cloth. […] Now, gentlemen, they require a much less number to do a given amount of work than any other known machine or bolt, and require less space and power.”

“As the material is agitated by the motion of the bolt, the flour falls through, while the smaller particles of bran are taken up by the current of air and carried off.”

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