Bolt can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Adverb |
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| bolt - In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly. | ||
Verb |
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| bolt - secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door" | ||
| bolt - move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat" | ||
| bolt - make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric" | ||
| bolt - swallow hastily | ||
| bolt - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" | ||
| bolt - eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!" | ||
| bolt - leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" | ||
Noun |
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| bolt - a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener | ||
| bolt - the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | ||
| bolt - a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) | ||
| bolt - a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech | ||
| bolt - a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length | ||
| bolt - the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" | ||
| bolt - a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | Bolt the door. | |
| 2. | verb | Bolt fabric. | |
| 3. | verb | Don't bolt your food! | |
| 4. | noun | A fool's bolt is soon shot. | |
| 5. | noun | The news hit me like a bolt from the blue. | |
| 6. | noun | Only if there's a cancellation, and that would be a bolt out of the blue. | |
| 7. | noun | "Done!" says the angel, and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of lightning. | |
| 8. | noun | Don't forget to bolt the door. | |
| 9. | noun | It came to the president like a bolt of lightning. | |
| 10. | noun | The news of his death reached as a bolt from the blue. | |
| 11. | noun | His death was a bolt from the blue. | |
| 12. | noun | The news of her sudden death came like a bolt from the blue. | |
| 13. | noun | The news of her death came as a bolt from the blue. | |
| 14. | noun | We need a nut that will fit that bolt. | |
| 15. | noun | It was like a bolt out of the blue. | |
| 16. | noun | This was a bolt from the blue. | |
| 17. | noun | This came like a bolt from the blue. | |
| 18. | noun | She stood bolt upright. |
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| verb | |
| Bolt the door. |
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| Bolt fabric. |
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| Don't bolt your food! |
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| noun | |
| A fool's bolt is soon shot. | |
| The news hit me like a bolt from the blue. | |
| Only if there's a cancellation, and that would be a bolt out of the blue. | |
| "Done!" says the angel, and disappears in a cloud of smoke and a bolt of lightning. | |
| Don't forget to bolt the door. | |
| It came to the president like a bolt of lightning. | |
| The news of his death reached as a bolt from the blue. | |
| His death was a bolt from the blue. | |
| The news of her sudden death came like a bolt from the blue. | |
| The news of her death came as a bolt from the blue. | |
| We need a nut that will fit that bolt. | |
| It was like a bolt out of the blue. | |
| This was a bolt from the blue. | |
| This came like a bolt from the blue. | |
| She stood bolt upright. | |