bolt
A metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head…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.
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» I tightened the bolts.
Я затянул болты. — odexed
Я підтягнув болти. — deniko
Я підтягнула болти. — deniko
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16 sensesA (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.
Schraube, Bolzen, Schraubbolzen
болтbolt, винтvint
болтbolt
Latch-related senses
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.
Riegel
засо́вzasóv
за́сувzásuv, за́совzásov, за́сувкаzásuvka
Senses involving sudden movement
A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)
He had seen lightning bolts yesterday night.
Blitz, Blitzschlag, Donnerkeil
мо́лнияmólnija
More meanings 13
Latch-related senses
A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
Riegel, Bolzen, Falle
засо́вzasóv, задви́жкаzadvížka
A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
Ballen, Rolle
руло́нrulón
Latch-related senses
A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
Schloß
затво́рzatvór
затво́рzatvór
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
Fußeisen
Senses involving sudden movement
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
Sprung
A sudden event, action or emotion.
The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.
A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
The horse made a bolt.
A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
- the act of moving with great haste
Origin
From Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from ProtFrom Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeld- (“to knock, strike”). Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”). Akin to Dutch and West Frisian bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Swedish bult, Icelandic bolti.
From Middle English bulten, from Anglo-Norman buleter, Old French bulter (modern French bluter), from a Germanic source originally meaning "bag, pouch" cognate with Middle High German biuteln (“to sift”), from Proto-Germanic *buzdô (“beetle, grub, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūs- (“to move quickly”). Cognate with Dutch buidel.
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plural: boltsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder:thunderboltbolt of lightning
- the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key:deadbolt
- the act of moving with great haste:dash
Word family
69 related wordsSee also
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