bolt
[noun]
Synonyms:
- bar, catch, fastener, latch, lock, sliding bar
- pin, peg, rivet, rod
[verb]
Synonyms:
- run away, abscond, dash, escape, flee, fly, make a break (for it), run for it
- lock, bar, fasten, latch, secure
- gobble, cram, devour, gorge, gulp, guzzle, stuff, swallow whole, wolf

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English Thesaurus: run, jog, race/dash, sprint, tear, ...

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I. bolt¹ /bəʊlt $ boʊlt/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: 'short arrow']

1. LOCK a metal bar that you slide across a door or window to fasten it

2.
SCREW a screw with a flat head and no point, for fastening things together

3. a bolt from/out of the blue news that is sudden and unexpected:
Was this money a bolt from the blue or did you know you were going to get it?

4. bolt of lightning lightning that appears as a white line in the sky:
There’s not much left of his house after it was struck by a bolt of lightning. ⇒ thunderbolt

5. make a bolt for it British English to suddenly try to escape from somewhere:
They attacked the driver and he straightaway made a bolt for it.

6. WEAPON a short heavy arrow that is fired from a crossbow

7. CLOTH a large long roll of cloth
⇒ have shot your bolt at shoot¹(24), ⇒ the nuts and bolts of something at nut¹(6)

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II. bolt² verb

1. [intransitive] to suddenly run somewhere very quickly, especially in order to escape or because you are frightened:
The horse reared up and bolted.
Kevin had bolted through the open window.

2. [transitive] (also bolt down) to eat very quickly Synonym : gobble:
He bolted down his breakfast.

3. [transitive] to fasten two things together using a bolt
bolt something to something
The cell contained an iron bedframe bolted to the floor.
bolt something together
The boxes were made of heavy panels of metal bolted together.

4. [transitive] to lock a door or window by sliding a bolt across

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III. bolt³ adverb
sit/stand bolt upright to sit or stand with your back very straight, often because something has frightened you:
She sat bolt upright in the back seat.

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bolt
noun
I. for fastening things together
VERB + BOLT tighten (up) | loosen | undo, unscrew
PHRASES nuts and bolts

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bolt
II. for fastening a door
VERB + BOLT draw back, pull back, slide back | push home, slide home She closed the door quickly and pushed the bolts home.

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bolt
verb
ADV. firmly, securely Make sure that the rails are securely bolted in place.
together The two parts are bolted together.
PREP. to The yacht's keel is bolted to the hull.

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run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk:
My five-year-old son runs everywhere.
I go running twice a week.
jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance:
A few people were jogging in the park.
race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently:
He dashed across the road to the police station.
We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time.
sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance:
I saw the runners sprinting past.
He sprinted up the stairs.
tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry:
He tore down the street and around the corner.
charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way:
They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock.
Dennis charged through the door into my office.
take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid:
The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police.
leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something:
I legged it before the cops came.
lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs:
John loped across the street to meet me.
trot to run fairly slowly, taking short steps – used especially about horses and dogs:
A little dog was trotting behind her.
gallop if a horse gallops, it runs very quickly:
The horse galloped off across the field.
bolt to suddenly run somewhere very fast, especially in order to escape:
Suddenly a fox bolted out from beneath a hedge.

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