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inch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynce, borrowed from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”). Doublet of ounce.
Noun
inch (plural inches)
- A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
- (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
- The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
- (figuratively) A very short distance.
- "Don't move an inch!"
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (inchi)
- ? Korean: ?? (inchi)
Translations
Verb
inch (third-person singular simple present inches, present participle inching, simple past and past participle inched)
- (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
- Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
- 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey:
- The window blind had been lowered — Zooey had done all his bathtub reading by the light from the three-bulb overhead fixture—but a fraction of morning light inched under the blind and onto the title page of the manuscript.
- To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- thou
- mil
Etymology 2
From Scottish Gaelic innis
Noun
inch (plural inches)
- (Scotland) A small island
Usage notes
- Found especially in the names of small Scottish islands, e.g. Inchcolm, Inchkeith.
Anagrams
- Ch'in, Chin, chin, ichn-
Middle English
Noun
inch
- Alternative form of ynche
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bolt
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b?lt/, /b??lt/, /b??lt/
- (US) IPA(key): /bo?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt, -?lt
Etymology 1
From Middle English bolt, from Old English bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *b?eld- (“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.
Noun
bolt (plural bolts)
- 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.
- 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.
- (military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- 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.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hobhouse Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- 24 March 1774 , Stamford Mercury - "Mr. Cole, Basket-maker...has lost near 300 boults of rods" https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000254/17740324/001/0001
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- '1887, Chalres Reader and Compton Reade, Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir
- This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a bolt to America — or anywhere.
- '1887, Chalres Reader and Compton Reade, Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir
- (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[1]
- He shall to prison, and there die in boults.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act V, Scene 1,[2]
- Away with him to prison! Lay bolts enough upon him:
- 1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones,[1]
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- arrow
- dart
- nut
- screw
Verb
bolt (third-person singular simple present bolts, present participle bolting, simple past and past participle bolted)
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, Nymphidia
- This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, […] / And oft out of a bush doth bolt.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, Nymphidia
- (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- (intransitive) To escape.
- (intransitive, botany) Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
- To swallow food without chewing it.
- To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- (US, politics) 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.
Translations
Adverb
bolt (not comparable)
- Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
- The soldiers stood bolt upright for inspection.
- [He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon.
References
Etymology 2
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 *b??s- (“to move quickly”). Cognate with Dutch buidel.
Verb
bolt (third-person singular simple present bolts, present participle bolting, simple past and past participle bolted)
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- Graham flour is unbolted flour.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
- (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jacob to this entry?)
Derived terms
- bolt to the bran
- unbolted
Noun
bolt (plural bolts)
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
Anagrams
- blot, blót
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b??l?d?]
- Homophone: bold
Etymology 1
From Low German bolt, from Middle Low German bolte, from Old Saxon bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt.
Noun
bolt c (singular definite bolten, plural indefinite bolte)
- a bolt (threaded)
Derived terms
- bolte (verb)
Related terms
- skrue (screw or bolt)
Etymology 2
Verb
bolt (imperative bolt, present tense bolter, passive boltes, simple past and past participle bolta or boltet, present participle boltende)
- imperative of bolte
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian volta (“vault”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?bolt]
- Rhymes: -olt
Noun
bolt (plural boltok)
- shop, store (especially applied to relatively small shops in the countryside)
- Synonyms: üzlet, áruház, kereskedés, árus
- vault
- Synonyms: boltozat, boltív, bolthajtás
Declension
Hyponyms
- See also the compound words containing -bolt with the sense of a shop [store] below.
Derived terms
- bolti
- boltos
- boltozat
(Note: Most compounds with üzlet as an affix in the sense of ’shop, store’ can be expressed with bolt.)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Low German bolt
Noun
bolt m (definite singular bolten, indefinite plural bolter, definite plural boltene)
- a bolt (threaded)
Derived terms
- bolte (verb)
Related terms
- skrue (screw or bolt)
Etymology 2
Verb
bolt
- imperative of bolte
References
- “bolt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Norwegian boltr, from Middle Low German bolte.
Noun
bolt m (definite singular bolten, indefinite plural boltar, definite plural boltane)
- a bolt (threaded)
Derived terms
- bolte (verb)
Related terms
- skrue (screw or bolt)
References
- “bolt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *bolt.
Compare Lithuanian beldu (“I knock”), baldas (“pole for striking”). Akin to Dutch bout, German Bolz or Bolzen, Danish bolt, Icelandic bolti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bolt/, [bo?t]
Noun
bolt m
- bolt
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: bolt
- English: bolt
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