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Adverbial bolt has 2 senses

rigidly, stiffly, bolt - in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "ge sat bolt upright"
bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt - directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"

Noun bolt has 7 senses

thunderbolt, bolt, bolt of lightning - a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
--₁ is a kind of lightning
bolt - a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
--₂ is a kind of bar
--₂ is a part of rifle
bolt, deadbolt - the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
--₃ is a kind of bar
--₃ is a part of lock
--₃ has particulars: safety bolt, safety lock
Derived form: verb bolt₂
dash, bolt - the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"
--₄ is a kind of haste, hurry, rush, rushing

Derived form: verb bolt₁
bolt - a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
--₅ is a kind of roll
bolt - a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
--₆ is a kind of screw
--₆ is a part of nut and bolt
--₆ has part: clinch; head; shank
--₆ has particulars:
carriage bolt; expansion bolt; kingbolt, kingpin, swivel pin; machine bolt; stove bolt
bolt - a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
--₇ is a kind of abandonment, forsaking, desertion

Derived form: verb bolt₄

Verb bolt has 7 senses

bolt - move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat"
--₁ is one way to move

Derived form: noun bolt₄
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
bolt - secure or lock with a bolt; "bolt the door"
--₂ is one way to lock
Antonyms: unbolt

Derived form: noun bolt₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
bolt - swallow hastily
--₃ is one way to swallow, get down
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
--₄ is one way to flee, fly, take flight

Derived form: noun bolt₇
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off - leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
--₅ is one way to leave, go forth, go away
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
gobble, bolt - eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"
--₆ is one way to eat
Sample sentence:
They bolt more bread
bolt - make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric"
--₇ is one way to roll up, furl
Sample sentence:
Something ----s