Standard Lemma guide

bolt

adv · name · noun · verb · 52 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /bɒlt/
  • UK: /bəʊlt/
  • UK: [bɔʊɫt]
  • US: /boʊlt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊlt
  • rhymes with -ɒlt
  • CMU ARPABET: B OW1 L T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, named after an early postmaster.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

An unincorporated community in the town of Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Latch-related senses

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Latch-related senses

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Latch-related senses

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, government, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

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

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Senses involving sudden movement

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

Senses involving sudden movement

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He had seen lightning bolts yesterday night.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

Senses involving sudden movement

A sudden event, action or emotion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The problem's solution struck him like a bolt from the blue.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Senses involving sudden movement

A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The horse made a bolt.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

Senses involving sudden movement

A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

Senses involving sudden movement

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

Senses involving sudden movement

A burst of speed or efficiency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

verb

Meaning 21

To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Bolt the vice to the bench.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

verb

Meaning 22

To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To secure a door by locking or barring it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Bolt the door.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

verb

Meaning 24

To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • Seeing the snake, the horse bolted.
  • The actor forgot his line and bolted from the stage.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

verb

Meaning 25

To escape.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

verb

Meaning 26

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to bolt a rabbit

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

verb

Meaning 27

To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

verb

Meaning 28

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: spinach; garlic; onion; etc; spinach; garlic; onion; etc

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Examples

  • Lettuce and spinach will bolt as the weather warms up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

To swallow food without chewing it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

verb

Meaning 30

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Come on, everyone, bolt your drinks; I want to go to the next pub!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

verb

Meaning 31

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To sift, especially through a cloth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Graham flour is unbolted flour; in contrast, some other flours have been bolted.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

adverb

Meaning 37

in a rigid manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the body was rigidly erect
  • he sat bolt upright

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rigidly, stiffly

Antonyms: none provided

38

adverb

Meaning 38

directly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he ran bang into the pole
  • ran slap into her

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bang, slap, slapdash, smack

Antonyms: none provided

39

noun

Meaning 39

a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: abandonment, forsaking, desertion

40

noun

Meaning 40

the act of moving with great haste

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he made a dash for the door

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dash

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: haste, hurry, rush, rushing

41

noun

Meaning 41

a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: screw

Narrower terms: carriage bolt, expansion bolt, kingbolt, kingpin, swivel pin, machine bolt, stove bolt

42

noun

Meaning 42

the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deadbolt

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bar

Narrower terms: safety bolt, safety lock

43

noun

Meaning 43

a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bar

44

noun

Meaning 44

a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: roll

45

noun

Meaning 45

a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thunderbolt, bolt of lightning

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lightning

46

verb

Meaning 46

make or roll into bolts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bolt fabric

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: roll up, furl

47

verb

Meaning 47

eat hastily without proper chewing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Don't bolt your food!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gobble

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eat

48

verb

Meaning 48

swallow hastily

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: swallow, get down

49

verb

Meaning 49

secure or lock with a bolt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bolt the door

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unbolt

Broader terms: lock

50

verb

Meaning 50

move or jump suddenly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She bolted from her seat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move

51

verb

Meaning 51

leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas
  • When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: run off, run out, bolt out, beetle off

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leave, go forth, go away

52

verb

Meaning 52

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The thief made off with our silver
  • the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abscond, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flee, fly, take flight

Narrower terms: levant

History

Etymology

From Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bheld- (“to knock, strike”). Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”). Akin to Dutch and West Frisian bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Swedish bult, Icelandic bolti. The association of thunder and lightning with 'bolts' is found back into prehistory in many cultures, at least in Eurasia. It comes from the long-standing widespread belief that lightning was caused by bolts, darts, or stones hurtling down from the sky to the earth. This belief was still regarded as commonplace until at least 1929.

* As an English surname, from the noun bolt, for a maker of bolts, or a nickname for a short and heavy person. * Also as an English surname, variant of Bold. * As a Dutch, north/Low German and Danish surname, from the old Germanic name Baldo, derived from the adjective bold and related to the above. Compare Boldt.

From Middle English bulten, from Anglo-Norman buleter, Old French bulter (modern French bluter), from a Germanic source originally meaning "bag, pouch" cognate with Middle High German biuteln (“to sift”), from Proto-Germanic *buzdô (“beetle, grub, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhūs- (“to move quickly”). Cognate with Dutch buidel.

Across languages

Translations

431 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bulloni — metal fastener
  • Arabic: مِصْمَال (miṣmāl) — metal fastener
  • Armenian: հեղույս (heġuys) — metal fastener
  • Azerbaijani: bolt — metal fastener
  • Basque: torloju — metal fastener
  • Belarusian: болт (bolt) — metal fastener
  • Belarusian: шру́ба (šrúba) — metal fastener
  • Bulgarian: болт (bolt) — metal fastener
  • Burmese: မူလီ (muli) — metal fastener
  • Catalan: balda — metal fastener
  • Chinese Mandarin: 螺栓 (luóshuān) — metal fastener
  • Czech: šroub — metal fastener
  • Danish: bolt — metal fastener
  • Dutch: bout — metal fastener
  • Esperanto: ŝraŭbo — metal fastener
  • Esperanto: bolto — metal fastener
  • Estonian: polt — metal fastener
  • Finnish: pultti — metal fastener
  • French: boulon — metal fastener
  • French: vis — metal fastener
  • Galician: parafuso — metal fastener
  • Galician: bulón — metal fastener
  • Galician: tarrago — metal fastener
  • Georgian: ჭანჭიკი (č̣anč̣iḳi) — metal fastener
  • German: Schraube — metal fastener
  • German: Bolzen — metal fastener
  • German: Schraubbolzen — metal fastener
  • German: Bohrhaken — metal fastener
  • Ancient Greek: βλῆτρον (blêtron) — metal fastener
  • Ancient Greek: γόμφος (gómphos) — metal fastener
  • Hebrew: בורג \ בֹּרֶג (bóreg) — metal fastener
  • Hindi: बोल्ट (bolṭ) — metal fastener
  • Hindi: पेंच (pẽc) — metal fastener
  • Hungarian: csavar — metal fastener
  • Ingrian: boltta — metal fastener
  • Irish: bolta — metal fastener
  • Italian: bullone — metal fastener
  • Japanese: ボルト (boruto) — metal fastener
  • Kabuverdianu: parafuzu — metal fastener
  • Kabuverdianu: parafuze — metal fastener
  • Kazakh: болт (bolt) — metal fastener
  • Khmer: ខ្ចៅឈ្មោល (khcaw chmool) — metal fastener
  • Korean: 볼트 (bolteu) — metal fastener
  • Kyrgyz: болт (bolt) — metal fastener
  • Lao: ເຫລັກບູລອງ (lek bū lǭng) — metal fastener
  • Lao: ບູລອງ (bū lǭng) — metal fastener
  • Lao: ຄວງ (khūang) — metal fastener
  • Latin: pessulus — metal fastener
  • Latvian: bulta — metal fastener
  • Lithuanian: varžtas — metal fastener
  • Macedonian: завртка (zavrtka) — metal fastener
  • Macedonian: шраф (šraf) — metal fastener
  • Malay: bolt — metal fastener
  • Māori: whaowiri — metal fastener
  • Mongolian: боолт (boolt) — metal fastener
  • Nepali: पेच (pec) — metal fastener
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bolt — metal fastener
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skrue — metal fastener
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bolt — metal fastener
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skrue — metal fastener
  • Occitan: bolon — metal fastener
  • Persian: بلت (bolt) — metal fastener
  • Polish: śruba — metal fastener
  • Portuguese: parafuso — metal fastener
  • Romanian: bolț — metal fastener
  • Russian: болт (bolt) — metal fastener
  • Russian: винт (vint) — metal fastener
  • Serbo-Croatian: рѐза — metal fastener
  • Serbo-Croatian: преворница — metal fastener
  • Serbo-Croatian: ви́јак — metal fastener
  • Serbo-Croatian: за̏ковица — metal fastener
  • Serbo-Croatian: rèza — metal fastener
  • Serbo-Croatian: prevornica — metal fastener
  • Serbo-Croatian: víjak — metal fastener
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȁkovica — metal fastener
  • Slovak: skrutka — metal fastener
  • Slovene: vijak — metal fastener
  • Southern Altai: болт (bolt) — metal fastener
  • Spanish: tornillo — metal fastener
  • Spanish: bulón — metal fastener
  • Spanish: perno — metal fastener
  • Swahili: bolti — metal fastener
  • Swedish: bult — metal fastener
  • Tajik: болт (bolt) — metal fastener
  • Thai: สลัก (sà-làk) — metal fastener
  • Thai: กลอน (glɔɔn) — metal fastener
  • Turkish: cıvata — metal fastener
  • Turkmen: bolt — metal fastener
  • Ukrainian: болт (bolt) — metal fastener
  • Urdu: بولٹ (bolṭ) — metal fastener
  • Uyghur: بولتا (bolta) — metal fastener
  • Uzbek: bolt — metal fastener
  • Vietnamese: bu lông — metal fastener
  • Welsh: bollt — metal fastener
  • Welsh: bollten — metal fastener
  • Zazaki: cıwate — metal fastener
  • Albanian: kyçi — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Azerbaijani: sürgü — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Bulgarian: резе́ (rezé) — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Bulgarian: ма́ндало (mándalo) — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Catalan: forrellat — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Chinese Mandarin: 門栓 /门栓 (ménshuān) — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Dutch: grendel — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Esperanto: riglilo — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Finnish: salpa — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • French: verrou — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Galician: bulón — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Galician: chavella — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Galician: caravilla — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Galician: tarabelo — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Galician: ferrollo — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Galician: zorrolo — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Galician: pen — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Galician: bío — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Galician: mourón — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • German: Riegel — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • German: Bolzen — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • German: Falle — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • German: Dorn — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • German: Schuber — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Hawaiian: lāʻau keʻa — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Hindi: सिटकनी (siṭaknī) — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Hungarian: retesz — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Italian: chiavistello — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Italian: barilotto — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Italian: rocchetto — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Khmer: ចន្ទាស់ (cɑɑcɑntŏəh) — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Khmer: រនុក (rɔɔrɔnuk) — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Khmer: សន្ទះ (sɑɑsɑntĕəh) — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Latin: veru — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Latvian: bulta — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Māori: whakarawa — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Māori: tūtaki — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Māori: koropā — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rigel — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Polish: zasuwa — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Polish: zasuwka — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Polish: rygiel — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Portuguese: trinco — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Portuguese: ferrolho — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Portuguese: tranca — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Russian: засо́в (zasóv) — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Russian: задви́жка (zadvížka) — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Serbo-Croatian: за̏вр̄тањ — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Serbo-Croatian: zȁvr̄tanj — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Slovak: západka — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Southern Altai: јылдырма (ǰïldïrma) — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Spanish: cerrojo — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Spanish: falleba — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Spanish: tranquilla — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Spanish: pasador — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Spanish: aldabilla — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Spanish: trinquete — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Swedish: kolv c låskolv — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Swedish: regel — sliding pin or bar in a lock
  • Albanian: shul — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Albanian: dry — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Armenian: սողնակ (soġnak) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Azerbaijani: sürgü — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Belarusian: за́саўка (zásawka) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Belarusian: за́саў (zásaw) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Catalan: forrellat — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Chinese Mandarin: 門栓 /门栓 (ménshuān) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Danish: slå — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Dutch: grendel — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Esperanto: blokilo — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Finnish: telki — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Finnish: salpa — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Finnish: säppi — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • French: verrou — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Galician: tranqueira — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Galician: cincón — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Galician: sarreira — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Galician: tabasa — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • German: Riegel — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Greek: σύρτης (sýrtis) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Ancient Greek: ὀχεύς (okheús) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Hungarian: tolózár — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Icelandic: slagbrandur — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Italian: chiavistello — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Latin: sera — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Latin: pessulus — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Māori: whakarawa — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Māori: tūtaki — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Polish: rygiel — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Polish: antaba — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Portuguese: barra — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Portuguese: tranca — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Russian: засо́в (zasóv) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Serbo-Croatian: ши̑п — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Serbo-Croatian: чѝвија — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Serbo-Croatian: šȋp — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Serbo-Croatian: čìvija — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Spanish: tranca — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Swedish: regel — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Tamil: தாழ்பாள் (tāḻpāḷ) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Turkish: sürgü — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Ottoman Turkish: ماندال (mandal) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Ottoman Turkish: كلید (kilid) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Ottoman Turkish: مغلاق (miğlak) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Ukrainian: за́сув (zásuv) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Ukrainian: за́сов (zásov) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Ukrainian: за́сувка (zásuvka) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Ukrainian: за́совка (zásovka) — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Zazaki: sırme — bar to prevent a door from being forced open
  • Belarusian: затво́р (zatvór) — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 螺栓 (luóshuān) — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Danish: bundstykke — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Dutch: grendel — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Esperanto: ĉano — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Finnish: lukko — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Galician: ferrollo — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Galician: zorrolo — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • German: Schloß — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Greek: κλείστρο (kleístro) — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Italian: otturatore — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Māori: pine — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Norwegian: sluttstykke — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Russian: затво́р (zatvór) — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Serbo-Croatian: затва̀ра̄ч — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Serbo-Croatian: zatvàrāč — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Slovak: uzáver — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Swedish: slutstycke — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Ukrainian: затво́р (zatvór) — sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm
  • Catalan: treta — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弩箭 (nǔjiàn) — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Dutch: bout — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Dutch: pijl — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Finnish: vasama — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • French: carreau — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Galician: virote — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • German: Bolzen — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • German: kurzer Pfeil — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Ancient Greek: κέστρος (késtros) — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Hindi: बाण (bāṇ) — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Latvian: strēle — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Latvian: šautra — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Latvian: bulta — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Polish: bełt — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Portuguese: virote — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Russian: арбале́тная стрела́ (arbalétnaja strelá) — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Serbo-Croatian: стрелка — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Serbo-Croatian: стре́ла — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Serbo-Croatian: стрије́ла — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Serbo-Croatian: strelka — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Serbo-Croatian: stréla — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Serbo-Croatian: strijéla — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Spanish: virote — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Swedish: pil — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Swedish: skäkta — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوق (ok) — short, stout, blunt-headed arrow
  • Albanian: xixë — lightning spark
  • Bulgarian: мъ́лния (mǎ́lnija) — lightning spark
  • Catalan: llampec — lightning spark
  • Chinese Mandarin: 閃電 /闪电 (shǎndiàn) — lightning spark
  • Dutch: schicht — lightning spark
  • Esperanto: fulmo — lightning spark
  • Esperanto: sparko — lightning spark
  • Finnish: salama — lightning spark
  • French: éclair — lightning spark
  • Galician: faísca — lightning spark
  • Galician: funisca — lightning spark
  • Galician: fuísca — lightning spark
  • Galician: falmega — lightning spark
  • Galician: fírgoa — lightning spark
  • Galician: chispa — lightning spark
  • German: Blitz — lightning spark
  • German: Blitzschlag — lightning spark
  • German: Donnerkeil — lightning spark
  • German: Strahl — lightning spark
  • Hindi: बिजली (bijlī) — lightning spark
  • Hungarian: villám — lightning spark
  • Irish: splanc — lightning spark
  • Italian: fulmine — lightning spark
  • Italian: saetta — lightning spark
  • Japanese: 落雷 (rakurai) — lightning spark
  • Japanese: 稲妻 (inazuma) — lightning spark
  • Japanese: 金剛 (kongō) — lightning spark
  • Latvian: šautra — lightning spark
  • Polish: piorun — lightning spark
  • Polish: grom — lightning spark
  • Portuguese: relâmpago — lightning spark
  • Portuguese: faísca — lightning spark
  • Russian: мо́лния (mólnija) — lightning spark
  • Spanish: chispa — lightning spark
  • Spanish: rayo — lightning spark
  • Swedish: blixt c vigg — lightning spark
  • Tatar: яшен (yäşen) — lightning spark
  • Bulgarian: топ (top) — large roll of material
  • Chinese Mandarin: 匹 (pǐ) — large roll of material
  • Dutch: rol — large roll of material
  • Esperanto: ŝtofbobeno — large roll of material
  • Esperanto: rulaĵo — large roll of material
  • Finnish: rulla — large roll of material
  • Finnish: pakka — large roll of material
  • Finnish: paali — large roll of material
  • French: rouleau — large roll of material
  • Galician: roldo — large roll of material
  • Galician: rolo — large roll of material
  • German: Ballen — large roll of material
  • German: Rolle — large roll of material
  • Hebrew: גְּלִילָה (glilah) — large roll of material
  • Hungarian: vég — large roll of material
  • Italian: rotolo — large roll of material
  • Japanese: 反物 (tanmono) — large roll of material
  • Māori: pōkai (papanga) — large roll of material
  • Portuguese: rolo — large roll of material
  • Russian: руло́н (rulón) — large roll of material
  • Scottish Gaelic: bolta — large roll of material
  • Serbo-Croatian: смо̏так — large roll of material
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба̏ла — large roll of material
  • Serbo-Croatian: smȍtak — large roll of material
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȁla — large roll of material
  • Spanish: rollo — large roll of material
  • Swedish: bunt c packe — large roll of material
  • Swedish: rulle — large roll of material
  • Chinese Mandarin: 捲 /卷 (juǎn) — standard measure of length of canvas
  • Finnish: pakka — standard measure of length of canvas
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба̏ла — standard measure of length of canvas
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȁla — standard measure of length of canvas
  • Finnish: livistys — sudden flight, as to escape creditors
  • Finnish: livahdus — sudden flight, as to escape creditors
  • German: Sprung — sudden flight, as to escape creditors
  • Finnish: jalkarauta — iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter
  • Finnish: kahle — iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter
  • Galician: grilós — iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter
  • German: Fußeisen — iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter
  • Portuguese: grilhão — iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter
  • Spanish: esposas — iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter
  • Spanish: cadenas — iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter
  • Spanish: grillete — iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter
  • Belarusian: знітаваць (znitavacʹ) — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Bulgarian: закрепвам с болт (zakrepvam s bolt) — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Finnish: pultata — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • French: boulonner — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Galician: aparafusar — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • German: anschrauben — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • German: zusammenschrauben — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • German: verschrauben — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • German: verbolzen — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Hebrew: הבריג (hivríg) — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Hungarian: csavaroz — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Italian: serrare — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Italian: imbullonare — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Portuguese: aparafusar — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Russian: скрепи́ть (skrepítʹ) — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Russian: приви́нчивать (privínčivatʹ) — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Russian: привинти́ть (privintítʹ) — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Spanish: atornillar — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Swedish: förbinda — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Swedish: fästa — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Swedish: skruva — to connect pieces using a bolt
  • Bulgarian: залоствам (zalostvam) — to secure a door
  • Esperanto: rigli — to secure a door
  • Finnish: teljetä — to secure a door
  • Finnish: salvata — to secure a door
  • German: verriegeln — to secure a door
  • German: zuriegeln — to secure a door
  • German: abriegeln — to secure a door
  • German: rigle — to secure a door
  • Greek: αμπαρώνω (amparóno) — to secure a door
  • Hungarian: elreteszel — to secure a door
  • Ido: riglagar — to secure a door
  • Italian: sprangare — to secure a door
  • Māori: whakarawa — to secure a door
  • Polish: ryglować — to secure a door
  • Portuguese: trancar — to secure a door
  • Spanish: trancar — to secure a door
  • Swedish: regla — to secure a door
  • Swedish: låsa — to secure a door
  • Ottoman Turkish: مانداللامق (mandallamak) — to secure a door
  • Bulgarian: хуквам (hukvam) — to accelerate suddenly
  • Finnish: rynnätä — to accelerate suddenly
  • German: wegspringen — to accelerate suddenly
  • German: davonspringen — to accelerate suddenly
  • German: springen — to accelerate suddenly
  • German: zurückspringen — to accelerate suddenly
  • German: durchgehen — to accelerate suddenly
  • German: stürzen — to accelerate suddenly
  • German: eilen — to accelerate suddenly
  • German: sausen — to accelerate suddenly
  • Russian: давать дёра (davatʹ djóra) — to accelerate suddenly
  • Russian: дать дёра (datʹ djóra) — to accelerate suddenly
  • Spanish: salir disparado — to accelerate suddenly
  • Swedish: rusa — to accelerate suddenly
  • Swedish: skena — to accelerate suddenly
  • Bulgarian: офейквам (ofejkvam) — to escape
  • Esperanto: forkuri — to escape
  • Finnish: karata — to escape
  • Finnish: paeta — to escape
  • French: s’échapper — to escape
  • French: s’enfuir — to escape
  • German: entkommen — to escape
  • German: davonspringen — to escape
  • German: davonjagen — to escape
  • German: fliehen — to escape
  • German: davonstürzen — to escape
  • German: wegrennen — to escape
  • German: ausreißen — to escape
  • German: davonlaufen — to escape
  • German: abhauen — to escape
  • German: davoneilen — to escape
  • German: verschwinden — to escape
  • German: durchbrennen — to escape
  • German: sich davonmachen — to escape
  • German: Reißaus nehmen — to escape
  • German: fortlaufen — to escape
  • Greek: αποδιδράσκω (apodidrásko) — to escape
  • Greek: δραπετεύω (drapetévo) — to escape
  • Italian: scappare — to escape
  • Italian: fuggire — to escape
  • Māori: mokowhiti — to escape
  • Māori: mokohiti — to escape
  • Swedish: schappa — to escape
  • Swedish: fly — to escape
  • Finnish: niellä kokonaisena — to swallow food without chewing
  • Finnish: niellä pureskelematta — to swallow food without chewing
  • German: schlingen — to swallow food without chewing
  • German: verschlingen — to swallow food without chewing
  • German: hinunterschlingen — to swallow food without chewing
  • Ido: glutegar — to swallow food without chewing
  • Italian: inghiottire — to swallow food without chewing
  • Italian: trangugiare — to swallow food without chewing
  • Latvian: rīt — to swallow food without chewing
  • Māori: horopeta — to swallow food without chewing
  • Māori: whaupa — to swallow food without chewing
  • Finnish: venähtää — of a plant, to grow quickly
  • French: monter en graine — of a plant, to grow quickly
  • French: monter — of a plant, to grow quickly
  • German: schießen — of a plant, to grow quickly
  • German: in die Höhe schießen — of a plant, to grow quickly