bolt
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
Types & categories
- lightning hypernym
Sense 2 verb
move or jump suddenly
She bolted from her seat
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- bolt derivation
Sense 3 adverb
in a rigid manner
the body was rigidly erect
Related & opposite
- rigid derived from
Sense 4 noun
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
Types & categories
- bar hypernym
Parts & wholes
- rifle part holonym
Sense 5 verb
secure or lock with a bolt
bolt the door
Types & categories
- lock hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 adverb
directly
he ran bang into the pole
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 7 noun
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key
Types & categories
- bar hypernym
- safety bolt hyponym
Parts & wholes
- lock part holonym
Related & opposite
- bolt derivation
Sense 8 verb
swallow hastily
Types & categories
- swallow hypernym
Sense 9 noun
the act of moving with great haste
he made a dash for the door
Types & categories
- rush hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
The thief made off with our silver
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- decampment derivation
- bolt derivation
- absconder derivation
Sense 11 noun
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
Types & categories
- roll hypernym
Sense 12 verb
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas
Types & categories
- leave hypernym
Sense 13 noun
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
Types & categories
- screw hypernym
- carriage bolt hyponym
- expansion bolt hyponym
- kingbolt hyponym
- machine bolt hyponym
- stove bolt hyponym
Parts & wholes
- nut and bolt part holonym
- clinch part meronym
- head part meronym
- shank part meronym
Sense 14 verb
eat hastily without proper chewing
Don't bolt your food!
Types & categories
- eat hypernym
Related & opposite
- garbage down also see
- gobbler derivation
Sense 15 noun
a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
Types & categories
- abandonment hypernym
Related & opposite
- go off derivation
- political science domain topic
Sense 16 verb
make or roll into bolts
bolt fabric
Types & categories
- roll up hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lightning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bolt |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | derived from | Related & opposite | rigid |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | rifle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bar |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | unbolt |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deadbolt |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | lock |
| 6 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | bolt |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lock |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | bar |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | safety bolt |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | swallow |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | bolt |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | dash |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | rush |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | decampment |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | bolt |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | absconder |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | flee |
| 10 | hyponym | Types & categories | levant |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | roll |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |
| 13 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | nut and bolt |
| 13 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | clinch |
| 13 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | head |
| 13 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | shank |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | screw |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | carriage bolt |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | expansion bolt |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | kingbolt |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | machine bolt |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | stove bolt |
| 14 | also see | Related & opposite | garbage down |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | gobbler |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | go off |
| 15 | domain topic | Related & opposite | political science |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | abandonment |
| 16 | hypernym | Types & categories | roll up |