[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bolt/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / bolt # bolt noun (a bolt, bolts); verb (bolt, bolts, bolted, bolting); adverb (bolt upright) «bolt» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A bolt is a metal bar that slides across to lock a door or window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#m1) 2. A bolt is a thick metal pin with a screw thread that goes with a nut to hold things together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#m2) 3. A bolt of lightning is a flash of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#m3) 4. To bolt is to run away suddenly, like a frightened horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#m4) 5. To bolt food is to eat it very fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#m5) 6. To bolt a door is to lock it with a bolt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#m6) 7. A bolt can also be a short, heavy arrow shot from a crossbow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#m7) ### In the lessons In design and technology nuts and bolts hold parts together. In everyday life and safety: bolt the door at night; don't bolt your food or you might choke. In science lightning comes as bolts. In stories a horse bolts in fear; someone «sits bolt upright» (very straight, suddenly). Phrases: «a bolt from the blue» (a total surprise), «make a bolt for it» (run for it). ### Examples - Dad bolted the gate shut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#x1) - The horse bolted when it heard the thunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#x2) - A bolt of lightning hit the tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#x3) - Tighten the nut onto the bolt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#x4) - Don't bolt your dinner, chew it properly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#x5) - She sat bolt upright when the alarm went off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#x6) - The news came like a bolt from the blue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#x7) - The bolt hits whatever the eye sees.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/#x8) ### Note Regular verb: bolted, bolting. A bolt has no point (a nut screws onto it); a screw has a point and goes into wood. Lettuce «bolts» when it grows a tall flower stalk too early. ## In Jewish tradition Here "fiery bolt" means a burning arrow or fiery pestilence, sent as a punishment. In Samuel a bolt is also a bar that locks a door. **Interpretation.** In the prophets and psalms, fiery bolts go out before God as a plague or burning heat, as when Egypt's flocks were given over to them. The tradition reads these as signs of God's power over nature and over nations. ### Examples - The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust. (Torah DEU.32.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bolt/#x1) - Before him goeth the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at His feet. (Prophets HAB.3.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bolt/#x2) - He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts. (Writings PSA.78.48, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bolt/#x3) - Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said: 'Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.' — (Prophets 2SA.13.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bolt/#x4) ### Note Regular verb: bolted, bolting. A bolt has no point (a nut screws onto it); a screw has a point and goes into wood. Lettuce «bolts» when it grows a tall flower stalk too early. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «bolt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bolt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bolt.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «bolt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bolt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«bolt» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bolt.html) on Mova free.