bolt
/boʊlt/ verbo C2En español: atornillar, trancar, salir disparado
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt. · Bolt the vice to the bench.
- To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- To secure a bolt or bolts; to lock using a bolt. · Bolt the door.
- To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly. · Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.· The actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage.
- To escape.
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted). · to bolt a rabbit
- 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. · Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.
He/she/it bolts · Pasado bolted · Participio pasado bolted · Forma en -ing bolting
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- bolt
- He/she/it
- bolts
- Pasado
- bolted
- Participio pasado
- bolted
- Forma en -ing
- bolting
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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At last however about two in the morning, I suddenly heard the gentle sound of a bolt being pushed back and the creaking of a key.
Then from the pocket of his overcoat he drew a bulky object, and he busied himself in some task which ended with a loud, sharp click, as if a spring or bolt had fallen into its place.
There is no bolt-hole for you in this country.
One struck, and two, and we had almost for the second time given it up in despair when in an instant we both sat bolt upright in our chairs with all our weary senses keenly on the alert once more.
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