Bolt
(n.) A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow |
Bolt
(n.) Lightning |
Bolt
(n.) A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end. |
Bolt
(n.) A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate |
Bolt
(n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner |
Bolt
(n.) A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards. |
Bolt
(n.) A bundle, as of oziers. |
Bolt
(v. t.) To shoot |
Bolt
(v. t.) To utter precipitately |
Bolt
(v. t.) To swallow without chewing |
Bolt
(v. t.) To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part. |
Bolt
(v. t.) To cause to start or spring forth |
Bolt
(v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters |
Bolt
(v. i.) To start forth like a bolt or arrow |
Bolt
(v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt. |
Bolt
(v. i.) To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path |
Bolt
(v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected |
Bolt
(adv.) In the manner of a bolt |
Bolt
(v. i.) A sudden spring or start |
Bolt
(v. i.) A sudden flight, as to escape creditors. |
Bolt
(v. i.) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected |
Bolt
(v. t.) To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter |
Bolt
(v. t.) To separate, as if by sifting or bolting |
Bolt
(v. t.) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. |
Bolt
(n.) A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal |
Pack thread
() See under 2d Pack. |
Termination
(n.) The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds |
Termination
(n.) That which ends or bounds |
Termination
(n.) End in time or existence |
Termination
(n.) End |
Termination
(n.) Last purpose of design. |
Termination
(n.) A word |
Termination
(n.) The ending of a word |
Thread
(n.) A very small twist of flax, wool, cotton, silk, or other fibrous substance, drawn out to considerable length |
Thread
(n.) A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark |
Thread
(n.) The prominent part of the spiral of a screw or nut |
Thread
(n.) Fig.: Something continued in a long course or tenor |
Thread
(n.) Fig.: Composition |
Thread
(v. t.) To pass a thread through the eye of |
Thread
(v. t.) To pass or pierce through as a narrow way |
Thread
(v. t.) To form a thread, or spiral rib, on or in |
Thread-shaped
(a.) Having the form of a thread |
Wrain-bolt
(n.) Same as Wringbolt. |
| bolt | a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) |
termination
ending
conclusion | the act of ending something, the termination of the agreement |
| dash bolt | the act of moving with great haste, he made a dash for the door |
threadfish
thread-fish
Alectis ciliaris | fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins |
| bolt | a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener |
| bolt deadbolt | the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key |
| bolt | a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech |
| bolt | a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length |
| bolt cutter | an implement for cutting bolts |
| carriage bolt | a roundheaded bolt for timber, threaded along part of the shank, inserted into holes already drilled |
| expansion bolt | a bolt that has an attachment that expands as the bolt is driven into a surface |
lag screw
lag bolt | a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench |
lisle
lisle thread | a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-staple cotton) |
| machine bolt | a bolt with a square or hexagonal head on one end and a threaded shaft on the other end, tightened with a wrench, used to connect metal parts |
| nut and bolt | a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt |
safety bolt
safety lock | a bolt that cannot be moved from outside the door or gate |
screw thread
thread | the raised helical rib going around a screw |
| stove bolt | a small machine bolt |
thread
yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
| toggle bolt | a fastener consisting of a threaded bolt and a hinged spring-loaded toggle, used to fasten objects to hollow walls |
train of thought
thread | the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together, I couldn't follow his train of thought, he lost the thread of his argument |
ending
termination | the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme), I don't like words that have -ism as an ending |
result
resultant
final result
outcome
termination | something that results, he listened for the results on the radio |
end point
endpoint
termination
terminus | a place where something ends or is complete |
| bolt-hole | a hole through which an animal may bolt when pursued into its burrow or den |
ribbon
thread | any long object resembling a thin line, a mere ribbon of land, the lighted ribbon of traffic, from the air the road was a grey thread, a thread of smoke climbed upward |
spinner
spinster thread maker | someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads) |
thunderbolt
bolt
bolt of lightning | a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder |
goldthread
golden thread
Coptis groenlandica
Coptis trifolia groenlandica | low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers |
Adam's needle
Adam's needle-and-thread
spoonleaf yucca
needle palm
Yucca filamentosa | yucca with long stiff leaves having filamentlike appendages |
| thread blight | a disease of tropical woody plants (cacao or tea or citrus) |
termination
expiration
expiry | a coming to an end of a contract period, the expiry of his driver's license |
| bolt | make or roll into bolts, bolt fabric |
gobble
bolt | eat hastily without proper chewing, Don't bolt your food! |
garbage down
gobble up
shovel in
bolt down | eat a large amount of food quickly, The children gobbled down most of the birthday cake |
toss off
pop bolt down belt down
pour down
down
drink down
kill | drink down entirely, He downed three martinis before dinner, She killed a bottle of brandy that night, They popped a few beer after work |
| bolt | swallow hastily |
| bolt | secure or lock with a bolt, bolt the door |
| string thread draw e | thread on or as if on a string, string pearls on a string, the child drew glass beads on a string, thread dried cranberries |
| thread | pass through or into, thread tape, thread film |
| thread | remove facial hair by tying a fine string around it and pulling at the string, She had her eyebrows threaded |
| thread | pass a thread through, thread a needle |
weave
wind
thread
meander
wander | to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course, the river winds through the hills, the path meanders through the vineyards, sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body |
| bolt | move or jump suddenly, She bolted from her seat |
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 |
abscond
bolt absquatulate
decamp run off go off
make off | run away, usually includes taking something or somebody along, The thief made off with our silver, the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe |
hang by a thread
hang by a hair | depend on a small thing or be at risk, His life now hangs by a thread |
rigidly
stiffly bolt | in a rigid manner, the body was rigidly erect, he sat bolt upright |
bang
slap
slapdash smack
bolt | directly, he ran bang into the pole, ran slap into her |