bolted

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/ˈbəʊltɪd/ English

Definitions

verb

To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.“Bolt the vice to the bench.”
To secure a door by locking or barring it.“Bolt the door.”
To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.“Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.”
To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).“to bolt a rabbit”

verb

To sift, especially through a cloth.
To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.“Graham flour is unbolted flour.”
To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

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Synonyms

barred fast fastened latched locked secured aggregated escaped fled left screwed sealed spun tailed scampered sprinted

Associated

actuate dacron crankcase flanges riveted tubing bolts welded flange monocoque aluminium joints

Rhymes

jolted revolted unbolted molted moulted

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