Bolt

noun

1.: (a sliding bar for locking a door window, etc., part of a lock which engages with the keeper, metal pin with a head at one end and screw threads at the other to receive a nut, a roll of cloth) ពន្លួញសោ

ឃ្លាដែលទាក់ទង

ENGLISH MEANING

noun

1.: A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.
2.: 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.
3.: Lightning; a thunderbolt.
4.: 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.
5.: A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
6.: An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
7.: A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
8.: A bundle, as of oziers.
9.: A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
10.: A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
11.: A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

verb

1.: (TRANSITIVE) 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.
2.: (TRANSITIVE) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.
3.: (TRANSITIVE) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
4.: (TRANSITIVE) To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
5.: (TRANSITIVE) To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
6.: (TRANSITIVE) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.
7.: (TRANSITIVE) 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.
8.: (TRANSITIVE) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.
9.: (TRANSITIVE) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
10.: (INTRANSITIVE) 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.
11.: (INTRANSITIVE) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
12.: (INTRANSITIVE) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.
13.: (INTRANSITIVE) 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.

adverb