verbπShareTo connect or assemble pieces using a bolt."Bolt the vice to the bench."technicalbuildingmachinestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo secure a door by locking or barring it."Bolt the door."architecturebuildingpropertyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly."Seeing the snake, the horse bolted."actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted)."to bolt a rabbit"animalactionsportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo strike or fall suddenly like a bolt."The rain boulted against the windowpane during the sudden thunderstorm. "actionnaturephysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo escape."The dog, frightened by the loud thunder, boulted from the open gate and ran down the street. "actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareOf a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed."Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up."plantagriculturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo swallow food without chewing it."He was so late for school that he boulted his breakfast and ran out the door. "foodactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink."Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!"drinkactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party."After years of loyalty, Senator Davis boulted from his party to vote against the new healthcare bill. "politicsgovernmentorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out."Seeing his friend about to make a mistake, Mark boulted out a warning: "Don't touch that wire, it's hot!" "languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo sift, especially through a cloth."The baker boulted the flour to remove any lumps before making the bread. "foodutensilprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo sift the bran and germ from wheat flour."Graham flour is unbolted flour."foodagricultureprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means."The flour was boulted to remove any coarse bran before being used to bake the delicate cake. "processactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law."The law students boulted the complex contract case in the library study room, anticipating tough questions from the professor. "lawcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading