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run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener

the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key

a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech

a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length

a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door"

make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric"

swallow hastily

move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat"

directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener

the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key

a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech

a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length

a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door"

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.

Lightning; a thunderbolt.

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.

An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.

A bundle, as of oziers.

To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.

To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.

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.

To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.

To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.

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.

To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.

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.

In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.

A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

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.

To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; - with out.

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.

Lightning; a thunderbolt.

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.

An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.

A bundle, as of oziers.

To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.

To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.

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.

To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.

To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.

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.

To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.

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.

In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.

A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

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.

To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; - with out.

A short, thick arrow with a blunt head; a stream of lightning, so called from its darting like an arrow; a stout pin or rod or iron or some other metal, usually with a permanent head at one end, used for holding objects together; a sliding catch for securing a door, gate, etc.; the portion of a lock shot or withdrawn by the key; a shackle; a sudden departure; a roll or certain length, as of cloth; in United States politics, a refusal to support a nomination made by one's party, or withdrawal from one's party.

Directly; suddenly; straight, as bolt upright.

Expel with force; cause to spring forth; fasten or secure with a sliding catch; blurt out; swallow hurriedly or without chewing; in United States politics, to withdraw from (a party), or decline to support (a candidate); to sift or separate the coarser particles from; as, to bolt flour; hence, to examine with care; separate.

To shoot forth or fall suddenly; to depart with suddenness; to start and run away; in United States politics, to refuse to support the policy or the nominee of a party.

A bar or pin used to fasten a door, etc.; an arrow; a thunderbolt.

To fasten with a bolt: to throw or utter precipitately: to swallow hastily.

To rush away (like a bolt from a bow): to start off suddenly, said originally of a horse starting from his course, afterwards applied to politicians who suddenly desert their party: as to bolt the nomination of an objectionable candidate.

To sift, to separate the bran from, as flour: to examine by sifting: to sift through coarse cloth.

A bar or pin to fasten a door; an arrow; flash of lightning; piece of canvas or rope.

To dart forth; run away.

To fasten with a bolt; sift; swallow hastily.

To fasten with a bolt.

To refuse to support, as a candidate.

To swallow hurriedly.

To expel; blurt out.

To run away, as a horse.

To repudiate a party measure or candidate.

To sift; examine as by sifting.

A sliding bar for fastening a door, etc.; any pin or rod used for fastening.

An arrow; a long shot for a cannon; anything coming suddenly.

Desertion of a party, candidate, or policy.

A sudden start, or runaway.

A roll, as of cloth.

A rotating frame for sifting flour.

Like an arrow; swiftly; straight.

Used, at times, for to swallow without chewing,-as to "bolt one's food."

n. [Anglo-Saxon] An arrow; a dart;—a strong pin, used to fasten or hold something in place;—a thunder-bolt;—a shackle;—twenty-eight ells of canvas.

adv. With sudden meeting or collision.

An arrow, a dart; a thunderbolt; Bold uptight, that is, upright as an arrow; the bar of a door; an iron to fasten the legs; a spot or stain.