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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bolting.]
     1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.
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     2. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
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              I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments. --Milton.
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     3. To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food; often used
        with down.
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     4. (U. S. Politics) 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.
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     5. (Sporting) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge,
        as conies, rabbits, etc.
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     6. To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as
        a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.
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              Let tenfold iron bolt my door.        --Langhorn.
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              Which shackles accidents and bolts up change.
                                                    --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bolting.] [OE. bolten, boulten, OF. buleter, F. bluter, fr.
     Ll. buletare, buratare, cf. F. bure coarse woolen stuff; fr.
     L. burrus red. See Borrel, and cf. Bultel.]
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     1. 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.
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              He now had bolted all the flour.      --Spenser.
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              Ill schooled in bolted language.      --Shak.
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     2. To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.
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              Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
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     3. (Law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as
        cases at law. --Jacob.
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     To bolt to the bran, to examine thoroughly, so as to
        separate or discover everything important. --Chaucer.
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              This bolts the matter fairly to the bran. --Harte.
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              The report of the committee was examined and sifted
              and bolted to the bran.               --Burke.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bolting.]
     1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bolt \Bolt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Bolting.] [OE. bolten, boulten, OF. buleter, F. bluter, fr.
     Ll. buletare, buratare, cf. F. bure coarse woolen stuff; fr.
     L. burrus red. See Borrel, and cf. Bultel.]
     1. 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.
  
              He now had bolted all the flour.      --Spenser.
  
              Ill schooled in bolted language.      --Shak.
  
     2. To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out.
  
              Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
  
     3. (Law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as
        cases at law. --Jacob.
  
     To bolt to the bran, to examine thoroughly, so as to
        separate or discover everything important. --Chaucer.
  
              This bolts the matter fairly to the bran. --Harte.
  
              The report of the committee was examined and sifted
              and bolted to the bran.               --Burke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  bolted
       adj : firmly fastened or secured against opening; "windows and
             doors were all fast"; "a locked closet"; "left the
             house properly secured" [syn: barred, fast, latched,
              locked, secured]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bolted
     vb.
     (infl of en bolt  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  bolted
     vb.
     (infl of en bolt  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  bolted
     vb.
     (infl of en bolt  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  bolted
     vb.
     (infl of en bolt  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bolted
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b olt ed)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Bolted /bˈəʊltɪd/
  اندفع

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bolted /bˈəʊltɪd/ 
  sešroubovaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bolted /bˈəʊltɪd/ 
  prosetý