Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bolt
Participle: bolted
Gerund: bolting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bolt |
| you | bolt |
| he;she;it | bolts |
| we | bolt |
| you | bolt |
| they | bolt |
Perfect
| I | have bolted |
| you | have bolted |
| he;she;it | has bolted |
| we | have bolted |
| you | have bolted |
| they | have bolted |
Past
| I | bolted |
| you | bolted |
| he;she;it | bolted |
| we | bolted |
| you | bolted |
| they | bolted |
Pluperfect
| I | had bolted |
| you | had bolted |
| he;she;it | had bolted |
| we | had bolted |
| you | had bolted |
| they | had bolted |
Future
| I | will bolt |
| you | will bolt |
| he;she;it | will bolt |
| we | will bolt |
| you | will bolt |
| they | will bolt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bolted |
| you | will have bolted |
| he;she;it | will have bolted |
| we | will have bolted |
| you | will have bolted |
| they | will have bolted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bolt |
| you | bolt |
| he;she;it | bolt |
| we | bolt |
| you | bolt |
| they | bolt |
Perfect
| I | have bolted |
| you | have bolted |
| he;she;it | have bolted |
| we | have bolted |
| you | have bolted |
| they | have bolted |
Imperfect
| I | bolted |
| you | bolted |
| he;she;it | bolted |
| we | bolted |
| you | bolted |
| they | bolted |
Pluperfect
| I | had bolted |
| you | had bolted |
| he;she;it | had bolted |
| we | had bolted |
| you | had bolted |
| they | had bolted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bolt |
| you | would bolt |
| he;she;it | would bolt |
| we | would bolt |
| you | would bolt |
| they | would bolt |
Perfect
| I | would have bolted |
| you | would have bolted |
| he;she;it | would have bolted |
| we | would have bolted |
| you | would have bolted |
| they | would have bolted |
Imperative
| you | bolt |
| we | Let's bolt |
| you | bolt |
Verbs conjugated like 'bolt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bolt'
belt,
boat,
bold,
bolk,
boll,
boln,
bolo,
boot,
bost,
bot,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to move at full speed in retreat; to escape
- absquatulate, amscray, beat a retreat, beat feet, beat it, blow this popsicle stand, book it, do a bunk, flee, fly the coop, get lost, get out, gnash, head for the hills, hightail, hightail it, hit the road, jump, kick rocks, leg it, make a break for it, make a run for it, make tracks, namous, peg it, rabbit, run a mile, run away, run for the hills, run off, scamper, scarper, scat, scram, shemozzle, skedaddle, take a powder, take flight, take off, take to one's heels, take to the hills, tear off, turn tail, vamoose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. bolt, from P.Gmc. *bultas (cf. Dan. bolt, Ger. Bolzen), perhaps from PIE base *bheld- "to knock, strike" (cf. Lith. beldu "I knock," baldas "pole for striking"). Originally a short, stout arrow with a heavy head; applied since M.E. to other short metal rods (especially those with knobbed ends). The notion of "quick escape" (c.1225) is from a crossbow arrow's flight, as is lightning bolt. A bolt of canvas (1407) was so called for its shape. Phrase bolt upright is from c.1386.
2. 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.
3. 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.
Sample Sentences
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[...] is over. Every man sits down, dull and languid; swallows his fare as if breakfasts, dinners, and suppers, were necessities of nature never to be coupled with recreation or enjoyment; and having bolted his food in a gloomy silence, bolts himself, in the same state. But for these animal observances, you might suppose the whole male portion of the company to be the melancholy ghosts of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] languid; swallows his fare as if breakfasts, dinners, and suppers, were necessities of nature never to be coupled with recreation or enjoyment; and having bolted his food in a gloomy silence, bolts himself, in the same state. But for these animal observances, you might suppose the whole male portion of the company to be the melancholy ghosts of departed book-keepers, who had fallen dead at [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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This dialogue passed between Miss Ophelia and Tom, between ten and eleven, one evening, after her arrangements had all been made for the night, when, on going to bolt her outer door, she found Tom stretched along by it, in the outer verandah.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)