| inglese > italiano | |
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| bolt | |
| 1. sost. dardo, usato in particolare con la balestra | |
| 2. sost. chiavistello | |
| 3. sost. (ingegneria) bullone | |
| 4. verb. chiudere col catenaccio | |
| 5. verb. fuggire | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| bolt | |
| 1. subst. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the |  |
| 2. subst. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism. | |
| 3. subst. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open. | |
| 4. subst. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm. | |
| 5. subst. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult. | |
| 6. subst. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. | |
| 7. subst. A sudden event, action or emotion. | |
| The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue. | |
| 8. subst. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth. | |
| 9. subst. (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards. | |
| 10. subst. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside. | |
| The horse made a bolt. | |
| 11. subst. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors. | |
| 12. subst. (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party. | |
| 13. subst. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. | |
| 14. subst. A burst of speed or efficiency. | |
| 15. v. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt. | |
| Bolt the vice to the bench. | |
| 16. v. To secure a door by locking or barring it. | |
| Bolt the door. | |
| 17. v. (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly. | |
| Seeing the snake, the horse bolted. | |
| The actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage. | |
| 18. v. To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted). | |
| to bolt a rabbit | |
| 19. v. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt. | |
| 20. v. (intransitive) To escape. | |
| 21. v. (intransitive, botany) Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed. | |
| Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up. | |
| 22. v. To swallow food without chewing it. | |
| 23. v. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink. | |
| Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub! | |
| 24. v. (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party. | |
| 25. v. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out. | |
| 26. adv. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly. | |
| The soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection. | |
| 27. v. To sift, especially through a cloth. | |
| 28. v. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour. | |
| Graham flour is unbolted flour. | |
| 29. v. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means. | |
| 30. v. (legal) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. | |
| 31. subst. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. | |
| italiano > inglese | |
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| bullone | |
| 1. bolt | |
