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Meaning of bolted

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

bolted

Pronunciation:/ˈbəʊltɪd//ˈboʊltɪd/

verb

Definitions

  1. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

    Example: Bolt the vice to the bench.

  2. To secure a door by locking or barring it.

    Example: Bolt the door.

  3. To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.

    Example: Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.

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

    Example: to bolt a rabbit

verb

Definitions

  1. To sift, especially through a cloth.

  2. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.

    Example: Graham flour is unbolted flour.

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

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