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boults

/boʊlts/ /bʌlts/

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To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

Examples :

"Bolt the vice to the bench."

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To secure a door by locking or barring it.

Examples :

"Bolt the door."

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To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.

Examples :

"Seeing the snake, the horse bolted."

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To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).

Examples :

"to bolt a rabbit"

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To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

Examples :

"The cat boults from under the car when it hears a loud noise. "

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Examples :

"The students boulted from the classroom when the bell rang. "

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Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.

Examples :

"Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up."

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To swallow food without chewing it.

Examples :

"He was so late for school that he boults down his breakfast and rushes out the door. "

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To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.

Examples :

"Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!"

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To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

Examples :

""Feeling his values no longer aligned with the party's platform, the councilman decided to boult and become an independent." "

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To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

Examples :

"Seeing the surprise party, she boulted out, "I can't believe you guys did this!" before she could stop herself. "

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To sift, especially through a cloth.

Examples :

"The baker will boult the flour to remove any lumps before making the cake. "

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To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.

Examples :

"Graham flour is unbolted flour."

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To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.

Examples :

"The baker boults the flour to remove any lumps before making the bread. "

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

Examples :

"Before the debate competition, the team members would meet to boults their arguments and anticipate counter-arguments. "

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