bolt
part of speech
noun (a bolt, bolts); verb (bolt, bolts, bolted, bolting); adverb (bolt upright)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bolt is a metal bar that slides across to lock a door or window. tree →
2) A bolt is a thick metal pin with a screw thread that goes with a nut to hold things together. tree →
3) A bolt of lightning is a flash of it. tree →
4) To bolt is to run away suddenly, like a frightened horse. tree →
5) To bolt food is to eat it very fast. tree →
6) To bolt a door is to lock it with a bolt. tree →
7) A bolt can also be a short, heavy arrow shot from a crossbow. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here "fiery bolt" means a burning arrow or fiery pestilence, sent as a punishment. In Samuel a bolt is also a bar that locks a door. Interpretation: In the prophets and psalms, fiery bolts go out before God as a plague or burning heat, as when Egypt's flocks were given over to them. The tradition reads these as signs of God's power over nature and over nations. In the primary lessons: In design and technology nuts and bolts hold parts together. In everyday life and safety: bolt the door at night; don't bolt your food or you might choke. In science lightning comes as bolts. In stories a horse bolts in fear; someone «sits bolt upright» (very straight, suddenly). Phrases: «a bolt from the blue» (a total surprise), «make a bolt for it» (run for it).
examples
- The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust. (Torah DEU.32.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- Before him goeth the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at His feet. (Prophets HAB.3.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts. (Writings PSA.78.48, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said: 'Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.' — (Prophets 2SA.13.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Dad bolted the gate shut. tree →
- The horse bolted when it heard the thunder. tree →
- A bolt of lightning hit the tree. tree →
- Tighten the nut onto the bolt. tree →
- Don't bolt your dinner, chew it properly. tree →
- She sat bolt upright when the alarm went off. tree →
- The news came like a bolt from the blue. tree →
- The bolt hits whatever the eye sees.” tree →
note
Regular verb: bolted, bolting. A bolt has no point (a nut screws onto it); a screw has a point and goes into wood. Lettuce «bolts» when it grows a tall flower stalk too early.
In the corpora
- Before him goeth the pestilence, and fiery bolts go forth at His feet.
- He gave over their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to fiery bolts.
- Leave a bike out in the rain all winter and its chain and bolts turn orange-brown and flaky.
- There are guards, lockers and plastic chairs bolted to the floor.
- Usain Bolt ran 100 m in 9.58 seconds in 2009, still the world record, about 10.4 metres every second.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bolt» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.