Bolt - English meaning

noun

A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.

Usage examples:

Sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people

verb

Come to be (the total) when added together.

Usage examples:

Losses amounted to over 10 million pounds

noun

The degree to which something is a lot or a little; how much something is

Usage examples:

She’s made a tremendous amount of progress since the accident., he liked to carry a large amount of…

noun

A weapon consisting of a thin, straight stick with a sharp point, designed to be shot from a bow.

Usage examples:

I've never used a bow and arrow

verb

Move or appear to move swiftly and directly.

Usage examples:

Lights arrowed down into the airport

noun

A long, thin stick, pointed at one end, that can be shot from a bow

noun

A large wrapped or bound bundle of paper, hay, or cotton.

Usage examples:

The fire destroyed 500 bales of hay

verb

Make up into bales.

Usage examples:

The straw is left on the field to be baled later

noun

Evil considered as a destructive force.

Usage examples:

In earlier days great carthage suffered bale.

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

noun

A collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together.

Usage examples:

A thick bundle of envelopes

verb

Tie or roll up (a number of things) together as though into a parcel.

Usage examples:

She quickly bundled up her clothes

noun

A number of things that have been fastened or are held together

Usage examples:

A bundle of clothes/newspapers/books, a bundle of sticks

verb

Break open or apart suddenly and violently, especially as a result of an impact or internal pressure.

Usage examples:

One of the balloons burst

noun

An instance of breaking or splitting as a result of internal pressure or puncturing; an explosion.

Usage examples:

The mortar bursts were further away than before

verb

To break open or apart suddenly, or to make something do this

Usage examples:

Burst open suddenly the door burst open (= opened suddenly and forcefully) and police officers rush…

verb

Intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).

Usage examples:

She threw the bottle into the air and caught it again

noun

An act of catching something, typically a ball.

Usage examples:

I saw myself fumbling easy catches and looking clumsy.

verb

Take hold of so as to seize or stop the motion of

noun

A small pointed missile that can be thrown or fired.

Usage examples:

The classroom was littered with paper darts

verb

Move or run somewhere suddenly or rapidly.

Usage examples:

She darted across the street

verb

A sudden quick movement

verb

Pull or knock down (a building).

Usage examples:

The house was demolished to make way for the shopping centre

verb

To completely destroy buildings or other structures

Usage examples:

Most of the town was demolished by the tornado., they demolished the old school to build a new one.

verb

To completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for something else

Usage examples:

A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built.

verb

Eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.

Usage examples:

He devoured half of his burger in one bite

verb

To eat eagerly and in large amounts, so that nothing is left

Usage examples:

He devoured the entire plate of spaghetti., fig. she devoured (= read eagerly and quickly) the nove…

verb

To eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left

Usage examples:

The young cubs hungrily devoured the deer.

verb

Tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.

Usage examples:

They stressed that staff would not be actively discharging anyone and no programme was in place to …

noun

The action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police.

Usage examples:

Referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital

verb

To allow someone to leave

Usage examples:

Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday., [ i ] the soapy water from the washing machine w…

adverb

Towards or in a lower place or position, especially to or on the ground or another surface.

Usage examples:

She looked down

preposition

From a higher to a lower point of (something).

Usage examples:

Up and down the stairs

adjective

Directed or moving towards a lower place or position.

Usage examples:

The down escalator

verb

Close or do up securely.

Usage examples:

The tunic was fastened with a row of gilt buttons

verb

To make or become firmly attached or closed

Usage examples:

[ i ] this skirt fastens at the back., [ t ] fasten your seatbelt.

noun

A device that closes or secures something.

Usage examples:

The fasteners that attach the panel to the wall had corroded

noun

A button or other device for joining together the separate parts of something, esp. clothes

noun

A sudden brief burst of bright flame or light.

Usage examples:

The flare of the match lit up his face

verb

Burn or shine with a sudden intensity.

Usage examples:

The bonfire crackled and flared up

verb

To burn brightly either for a short time or on and off

Usage examples:

The candle flared then went out., [ i ] these trousers flare slightly at the ankle., the dispute th…

verb

Shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way.

Usage examples:

Lightning flashed overhead

noun

A sudden brief burst of bright light.

Usage examples:

A flash of lightning

adjective

Ostentatiously stylish or expensive.

Usage examples:

A flash new car

noun

An expression of vehement protest.

Usage examples:

The fulminations of media moralists

noun

Strong criticism or protest

Usage examples:

Stewart doesn't deserve such outraged fulminations., her complaint took the form of fulmination, no…

verb

Eat (something) hurriedly and noisily.

Usage examples:

He gobbled up the rest of his sandwich

verb

(of a turkeycock) make a characteristic swallowing sound in the throat.

Usage examples:

Back in 1505, turkeys were still gobbling innocently around america.

verb

To eat quickly and sometimes with a lot of noise

Usage examples:

[ m ] she gobbled up/down her lunch and hurried back.

verb

Swallow (drink or food) quickly or in large mouthfuls, often audibly.

Usage examples:

He gulped down the last of his coffee

noun

An act of gulping food or drink.

Usage examples:

She finished her drink in one gulp

verb

To eat or drink food or liquid quickly by swallowing it in large amounts

Usage examples:

[ t ] ray gulped the last of his coffee and pushed back his chair., [ i ] "i find this a very confu…

verb

Eat or drink (something) greedily.

Usage examples:

He would guzzle his ale

verb

To drink or eat something eagerly or in large amounts

Usage examples:

He sat in the shade, guzzling cold soda.

noun

A slotted hinged metal plate forming part of a fastening for a door or lid, fitted over a loop and secured by a pin or padlock.

Usage examples:

The hut was always locked by a large padlock securing a hasp

verb

Lock (a door, window, or lid) by securing the hasp over the loop of the fastening.

Usage examples:

She went to the window and hasped it

noun

A piece of metal that fastens a box or door, used with a padlock (= lock that can be removed)

noun

A metal bar with a catch and lever used for fastening a door or gate.

Usage examples:

Lifting the latch, she pushed the gate open

verb

Fasten (a door or gate) with a latch.

Usage examples:

She latched the door carefully

noun

A fastening device for a door or gate

Usage examples:

[ t ] make sure the cabinet door is latched so the cat can’t get in.

noun

Lightning; thunderbolts.

noun

A mechanism for keeping a door, window, lid, or container fastened, typically operated by a key.

Usage examples:

The key turned firmly in the lock

verb

Fasten or secure (something) with a lock.

Usage examples:

She closed and locked her desk

noun

A piece of a person's hair that coils or hangs together.

Usage examples:

She pushed back a lock of hair

noun

An object which is forcibly propelled at a target, either by hand or from a mechanical weapon.

Usage examples:

One of the players was hit on the head by a missile thrown by a spectator

noun

A flying weapon that has its own engine and can travel a long distance before exploding at the place at which it has been aimed

Usage examples:

A nuclear missile, a guided missile, rioters hurled missiles at the police.

noun

The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

Usage examples:

The brutal murder of a german holidaymaker

verb

Kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.

Usage examples:

He was accused of murdering his wife's lover

verb

Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being

noun

A paper or cardboard container, typically one in which goods are sold.

Usage examples:

One man was fined £ 25 for dropping a crisp packet from his car window

verb

Make up into or wrap up in a packet.

Usage examples:

I grew my own sunflowers and packeted the seeds

noun

An object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post.

Usage examples:

The lorry was carrying a large number of royal mail parcels

verb

Make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it.

Usage examples:

He parcelled up the goods and sent them back

noun

An object or collection of objects wrapped in paper; a package

Usage examples:

A food parcel, a 50-acre parcel on lake mead

noun

A thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc.

Usage examples:

One of them cleverly decorates a vase by drawing plant leaves using a sharp pin, while another shap…

verb

Attach or fasten with a pin or pins.

Usage examples:

He pinned the badge on to his lapel

noun

An identifying number allocated to an individual by a bank or other organization and used for validating electronic transactions.

phrasal verb

Quickly finish or consume something.

Usage examples:

They polished off most of the sausages

phrasal verb

To finish something quickly and easily

Usage examples:

He polished off two burgers and a mountain of french fries.

noun

A missile designed to be fired from a gun.

Usage examples:

The guns were deployed to flail the village with their one-ton projectiles

adjective

Denoting or relating to a projectile.

Usage examples:

A projectile weapon

noun

An object that is thrown or fired, esp. from a weapon

noun

The amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement.

Usage examples:

The quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled

noun

A heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good terms.

Usage examples:

She made the mistake of picking a quarrel with john

verb

A heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good term.

Usage examples:

She made the mistake of picking a quarrel with john

noun

A short, heavy, square-headed arrow or bolt used in a crossbow or arbalest.

noun

A tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family, which grows in water or on marshy ground.

Usage examples:

Aquatic plants come in many forms, from relatively simple multi-cellular algae to reeds and water l…

noun

A type of tall, stiff grass that grows near water

noun

A cylinder on which film, wire, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound.

Usage examples:

A cotton reel

verb

Wind something on to a reel by turning the reel.

Usage examples:

Sailplanes are often launched by means of a wire reeled in by a winch

verb

A winder around which flexible materials can be wound

verb

Move in a particular direction by turning over and over on an axis.

Usage examples:

The car rolled down into a ditch

noun

A cylinder formed by winding flexible material round a tube or by turning it over and over on itself without folding.

Usage examples:

A roll of carpet

verb

Move by turning over or rotating

noun

A device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them.

Usage examples:

Attach a draught seal to the door itself

verb

Fasten or close securely.

Usage examples:

He folded it, sealed the envelope, and walked to the postbox

noun

A fish-eating aquatic mammal with a streamlined body and feet developed as flippers, that returns to land to breed or rest.

Usage examples:

Others suggest that marine species were derived at least twice, with one lineage leading to the sea…

adjective

Fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost.

Usage examples:

Check to ensure that all nuts and bolts are secure

verb

Fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost.

Usage examples:

Pins secure the handle to the main body

adjective

Free from risk and the threat of change for the worse

Usage examples:

A secure job, people want to feel secure economically., the museum has a large endowment, so its fu…

noun

A long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar.

Usage examples:

The shaft of a golf club

verb

(of light) shine in beams.

Usage examples:

Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight

noun

A cylindrical device on which film, magnetic tape, thread, or other flexible materials can be wound; a reel.

Usage examples:

Spools of electrical cable

verb

Wind (magnetic tape, thread, etc.) on to a spool.

Usage examples:

He was trying to spool his tapes back into the cassettes with a pencil eraser

noun

A cylinder that is wider at each end, around which esp. thread, wire, or film is wrapped

Usage examples:

Tv cables were unwound from huge spools.

noun

A long, thin line or mark of a different substance or colour from its surroundings.

Usage examples:

A streak of oil

verb

Cover (a surface) with streaks.

Usage examples:

Tears streaking her face, cynthia looked up

noun

A mark of a color that is different from what surrounds it, or a thin strip of light

Usage examples:

Streaks of gray and black colored the marble., the comet appeared as a dazzling streak in the sky.,…

noun

A wild carnivorous mammal which is the largest member of the dog family, living and hunting in packs. it is native to both eurasia and north america, but is much persecuted and has been widely exterminated.

Usage examples:

Among wild dogs and wolves, the cooperative hunting pack includes both males and females, and they …

verb

Devour (food) greedily.

Usage examples:

He wolfed down his breakfast

noun

Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of north america and eurasia that usually hunt in packs