From en.wiktionary.org:
[Bolt]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], perhaps from [en]. Compare [lt],
[lt].[1] Akin to Dutch and West Frisian [nl], [de] or [de], [da], [sv], [is].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
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 sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
3. * [Mr. Badger]
4. [en] 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.
5. [en] A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm .
6. 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.
7. A lightning spark , i.e., a lightning _bolt_ .
8. A sudden event, action or emotion.
9. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1994 | author=w:Stephen Fry | title=w:The Hippopotamus | chapter=2
|passage=_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._}}
1. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a _bolt_ of cloth.
2. * [en]
3. * [All Astir]
1. [en] The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yard s.
4. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
5. A sudden flight , as to escape creditor s.
6. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1887 | author=w:Charles Reade; Compton Reade | title=Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir
|passage=This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a BOLT
to America — or anywhere.}}
1. [en] A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
2. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle ; a fetter .
3. * [year=1622]
4. * [V]
5. A burst of speed or efficiency.
6. * [en]
7. A stalk or scape (of garlic , onion , etc).
8. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2013 | author=Wong Yoon Wah | title=Durians Are Not the Only Fruit: Notes from the Tropics | publisher=Epigram Books | isbn=9789810766719
|passage=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.)
....}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2017 | author=Adam Brookes | title=The Spy's Daughter | publisher=Redhook | isbn=9780316503501
|passage=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.}}
***** Derived terms
{{col4|en|screw bolt |Allen bolt |banjo bolt |birdbolt |bolt action
|bolt-action |bolt bucket |bolt circle |bolt cropper |bolt cutter |boltcutter
|bolt from the blue |bolthead |bolt-hole,bolthole |boltless |bolt out of the
blue |bolt rope,bolt-rope,boltrope |bolt thrower|drop bolt |captive bolt
pistol |carriage bolt |climbing bolt |coach bolt |deadbolt |dogbolt |drag bolt
|drawbolt |driftbolt |drivebolt |elf bolt |elf-bolt |eye bolt |eyebolt
|firebolt |fishbolt |fox bolt |garnish bolt |head bolt |head-bolt |head bolt
heater |head-bolt heater |hex head bolt |jag bolt |key bolt |kingbolt
|latchbolt |lightning bolt |lockbolt |lug bolt |molly bolt |nut behind the
bolt |nuts and bolts |rambolt |ringbolt |roller bolt |setbolt |sex bolt
|shackle bolt |shoe bolt |shoot one's bolt |shoulder bolt |sluice one's bolt
|socket bolt |soldering bolt |stay bolt |staybolt |stud bolt |superbolt |tap
bolt |throat-bolt |thunderbolt |toggle bolt |U-bolt |wrain-bolt
|wringbolt|adderbolt|boltface|boltlike|boltmaker|boltmaking|chainbolt|headbolt|roofbolt|unbolt|devil
bolt}}
***** Descendants
- [ga]
- [ja]
- [mt]
- [ru]
- [gd]
***** Translations
[metal fastener]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek:
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kabuverdianu: [kea] , [kea]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo] , [lo] , [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian:
- Nepali: [ne]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Punjabi: [pa]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[sliding pin or bar in a lock]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hawaiian: [haw]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Khmer: [km] , [km] , [km]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [on a door or window]
- Swedish: [sv] [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[bar to prevent a door from being forced open]
- Albanian: [sq] , [sq]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota] , [ota]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[short, stout, blunt-headed arrow]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , kurzer [de]
- Greek:
- Hindi: [hi]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv] , [lv]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] (crossbow arrow)
[trans-bottom]
[lightning spark]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] [sv]
- Tatar: [tt]
[trans-bottom]
[large roll of material]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Maori: [mi]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[standard measure of length of canvas]
- Chinese:
- Finnish: [fi]
- Serbo-Croatian:
[trans-bottom]
[sudden flight, as to escape creditors]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
[trans-bottom]
[iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Georgian: [ka]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
***** See also
{{col4|en |arrow |dart |nut |screw }}
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
2. [en] To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
3. * [1=en]
4. * [en]
5. [en] To secure a door by locking or barring it.
6. * [The Advocate]
7. [en] To flee , to depart , to accelerate away suddenly.
8. * [page=178]
9. * [year=1962]
10. [en] To escape .
11. [en] To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
12. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
13. * [book=Samson Agonistes]
14. [en] To produce flower stalk s and flowers or seed s quickly or prematurely ; to form a bolt ( stalk or scape ); to go to seed .
15. * [en]
16. * [en]
17. * [en]
18. [en] To swallow food without chewing it.
19. * [chapter=64]
20. * [page=362]
21. [en] To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
22. [en] To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connect ed; to break away from a party.
23. * [en]
24. To utter precipitately ; to blurt or throw out .
25. * [26]
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[to connect pieces using a bolt]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to secure a door]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to accelerate suddenly]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to escape]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to swallow food without chewing]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Ido: [io]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
[trans-bottom]
[of a plant, to grow quickly]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Ido: [io] , [io]
[trans-bottom]
**** Adverb
[-]
1. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
2. * {{ RQ:Thackeray Pendennis
|passage=[He] came BOLT up against the heavy dragoon.}}
***** Derived terms
- bolt upright
**** References
References:
[1]. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bolt?s=t
[2]. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bolt?s=t
*** Etymology 2
From [en], from [en] [fro], [en] (modern [fr]), from a [en] source originally
meaning "bag, pouch" cognate with [gmh], from [en], from [en]. Cognate with
[nl].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To sift , especially through a cloth.
2. [en] To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour .
3. To separate , assort , refine , or purify by other means.
4. * [III]
5. * [passage=Time and Nature will BOLT out the Truth of Things.]
6. [en] To discuss or argue privately , and for practice, as cases at law.
7. * [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A sieve , especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
**** References
- [R:OneLook]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Azerbaijani
*** Etymology
[az], from [az].
*** Noun
[az-noun]
1. [en] , screw [az]
**** Declension
[o]
*** Further reading
- [R:az:Obastan]
** Danish
*** Pronunciation
- [da]
- [da]
*** Etymology 1
From [da], from [da], from [da], from [da]..
**** Noun
[en]
1. a [en] [threaded]
***** Derived terms
- [da] [verb]
***** Related terms
- [da] [screw or bolt]
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Verb
[da]
1. [da]
[da]
** Hungarian
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [hu].
*** Pronunciation
- [hu-IPA]
- [hu]
*** Noun
[ok]
1. shop [GB] , store [US] [especially applied to relatively small shops in the countryside]
2. [hu] [hu] .
3. [hu] deal [a particular instance of trading [ buying or selling; exchanging; bartering ] ; a transaction]
4. vault [arched ceiling]
**** Declension
[bolto][bolt]
**** Derived terms
{{col4|hu |bolti |boltos |boltozat }} {{col4|hu|title=Compound words with a
meaning unrelated to shops/stores |boltív |égbolt |mennybolt |sírbolt }}
{{col4|hu|title=Compound words with the sense ’shop/store’: types of shop
[hyponyms aside from those supplied above]|collapse=n |adománybolt
|ajándékbolt |autósbolt |barkácsbolt |cipőbolt |dohánybolt |édességbolt
|élelmiszerbolt |hanglemezbolt |húsbolt |illatszerbolt |írószerbolt |italbolt
|játékbolt |kenyérbolt |könyvesbolt |márkabolt |mintabolt |papírbolt
|porcelánbolt |ruhabolt |szakbolt |vegyesbolt |virágbolt |zöldségbolt }}
{{col4|hu|title=Compound words with the sense ’shop/store’: other compounds
|boltkóros |boltvezető }} [Note: Most compounds with [hu] as an affix in the
sense ’shop/store’ can be expressed with _bolt._]
*** Further reading
- [1]
- [2]
- [R:Nagyszotar]
[hu]
** Maltese
*** Etymology
[mt].
*** Pronunciation
- [mt]
*** Noun
[g=m]
1. [en] [metal fastener]
**** Related terms
[mt]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology 1
From [nb], from [nb].
**** Noun
[nb-noun-m1]
1. a [en] [threaded]
***** Derived terms
- [nb] [verb]
***** Related terms
- [nb] [screw or bolt]
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Etymology
From [nn], from [nn].
*** Noun
[nn-noun-m1]
1. a [en] [threaded]
**** Derived terms
- [nn] [verb]
**** Related terms
- [nn] [screw or bolt]
*** References
- [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]
** Old English
*** Etymology
[ang] From [ang].
Compare [lt], [lt].[2] Akin to [nl], [de] or [de], [da], [is].
*** Pronunciation
- [bolt]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en]
**** Declension
[bolt]
**** Descendants
- [enm]
- [en]
- [cy]
*** References
References:
[1]. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bolt?s=t
[2]. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bolt?s=t
[en]