bolt in Tamil தமிழ்
bolt in Telugu తెలుగు
bolt in English
- bolt⇄adj. boltless.
- bolt⇄adv. with one bolt or rush; directly.
- bolt⇄bolt (1), noun, verb, adverb.
- bolt⇄bolt (2), transitive verb.
1. to sift through a cloth or sieve. Flour is bolted to remove the bran.
2. (Figurative.) to examine by sifting; search into carefully; separate. - bolt⇄expr. bolt from the blue, a sudden, unexpected happening; surprise.
Ex. The news of the attack on Pearl Harbor came as a bolt from the blue. - bolt⇄expr. bolt upright, stiff and straight.
Ex. Awakened by the noise of the crash, he sat bolt upright in bed. - bolt⇄expr. shoot one's bolt, to do as much or as well as one can; expend all one's available resources.
Ex. What can they forsee that we don't know about? It's no use asking the producers concerned; they've shot their bolt (New Scientist). - bolt⇄noun 1. a metal rod with a head at one end and a screw thread for a nut at the other. Bolts are used to fasten things together or hold them in place.
2a. a sliding fastening for a door or gate, especially a bar slid or dropped into place in a brac - bolt⇄v.i. 1. to dash off; run away.
Ex. The horse bolted at the sight of the car.
2. (U.S.) to break away from or refuse to support one's political party or its candidates.
3. to move suddenly or swiftly; dart.
Ex. In therefore he bo - bolt⇄v.t. 1. to fasten with a bolt.
Ex. Bolt the doors.
2. to eat hastily; swallow (food) quickly without chewing.
Ex. The hungry dog bolted his food.
3. to blurt out; say hastily.
4. (U.S.) to break away from (one's political