What is the meaning of Bolt?

A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.

Latch-related senses

1. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
3. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
4. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.

A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.

A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.

A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.

An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).

A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.

1. The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.

The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.

Senses involving sudden movement

1. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
2. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)

   A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.

   A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. (See thunderbolt.)

   A sudden event, action or emotion.

   A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.

   A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

   A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

   A burst of speed or efficiency.

   To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

   To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.

   To secure a door by locking or barring it.

   To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.

   To escape.

   To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).

   To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

   To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.

   To swallow food without chewing it.

   To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.

   To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

   To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

   Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

   To sift, especially through a cloth.

   To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.

   To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.

   To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.

   A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

   bolt, screw

   a bolt

   imperative of bolte

   shop , store (especially applied to relatively small shops in the countryside)

   synonym of élelmiszerbolt, közért (“grocery store”).

   deal (a particular instance of trading [buying or selling; exchanging; bartering]; a transaction)

   vault (arched ceiling)

   bolt (metal fastener)

   a bolt

   imperative of bolte

   a bolt

   bolt

   Source: wiktionary.org