Definizione monolingua

bolt

bolt (third-person singular simple present bolts, present participle bolting, simple past and past participle bolted)

1. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

   Bolt the vice to the bench.

2. To secure a door by locking or barring it.

   Bolt the door.

3. (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.

   Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.

   The actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage.

4. (intransitive) To escape.
5. (intransitive) Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.

   Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.

6. 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.

7. To drink ones drink very quickly; to down a drink.

   Come on everyone - bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!

8. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.

   Graham flour is unbolted flour.

bolt (plural bolts)

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.
   • 1908: Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

     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.

3. 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.
4. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
5. A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult, especially a short, stout arrow.
6. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
7. A sudden event, action or emotion.

   The problems solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.

   • 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2

     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.

8. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
9. (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.

Definizione dizionario bolt

	bullone
	Vite su cui si avvita un dado.

blocco

catenaccio

chiavistello

chiudere a chiave

chiudere col catenaccio

dardo

freccia

fulmine

imbullonare

lucchetto

paletto

scappare

serrare

serratura

sprangare

vite

Altri significati:

large roll of material

of a plant, to grow quickly

to secure a door

bolt (a door)

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.

metal fastener

To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.

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.

to escape

bolt (of lightning)

(intransitive) Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.

(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.

bar to prevent a door from being forced open

To sift, especially through a cloth.

To secure a door by locking or barring it.

to connect pieces using a bolt

A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult, especially a short, stout arrow.

(nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.

short, stout, blunt-headed arrow

A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.

sliding pin or bar in a lock

To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.

To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.

To swallow food without chewing it.

(to) bolt (a door)

A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.

A sudden event.

A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.

to accelerate suddenly

(intransitive) To escape.

lightning spark

bolt (e.g. on door)

sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm