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1.nounA (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.nounA sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
3.nounA 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.
4.nounA sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
5.nounA 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.
6.nounA lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
7.nounA sudden event, action or emotion."The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue."
8.nounA large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth."24 March 1774 - Newspaper: Stamford Mercury - "Mr. Cole, Basket-maker...has lost near 300 boults of rods" https//www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000254/17740324/001/0001"
9.nounA sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside."The horse made a bolt."
10.nounA sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
11.nounA refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
12.nounAn iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
13.nounA burst of speed or efficiency.
14.verbTo connect or assemble pieces using a bolt."Bolt the vice to the bench."
15.verbTo secure a door by locking or barring it."Bolt the door."
16.verbTo flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly."Seeing the snake, the horse bolted."
17.verbTo cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted)."to bolt a rabbit"
18.verbTo strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
19.verbTo escape.
20.verbOf a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed."Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up."
21.verbTo swallow food without chewing it.
22.verbTo drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink."Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!"
23.verbTo refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
24.verbTo utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
25.nounA sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
26.verbTo sift, especially through a cloth.
27.verbTo sift the bran and germ from wheat flour."Graham flour is unbolted flour."
28.verbTo separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
29.verbTo discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.