bolted
UK/ˈbəʊltɪd//ˈboʊltɪd/
bolted is the simple past and past participle of bolt.
Meaning of bolt
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.
- Bolt the vice to the bench.
- To affix in a crude or unnatural manner.
- Most languages are *not* based on C++. C++ is a complicated mess. It's C with object oriented features bolted on as an afterthought and no-one in their right mind would want to base another language on it.2000 September 14, Brennan Young, “to all of you pro programmers out there.”, in macromedia.flash (Usenet)
- 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.
- To escape.
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- to bolt a rabbit
Phrases with bolted
- bolted in
- bolted down
- dead bolted
- trad bolted
- bolted to the bran
- screwed, nutted and bolted
- would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on
- close the barn door after the horse has bolted
- closed the barn door after the horse had bolted
- closes the barn door after the horse has bolted
- lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
- shut the stable door after the horse had bolted
11 more phrasesFewer phrases
- shut the stable door after the horse has bolted
- close the stable door after the horse has bolted
- closing the barn door after the horse has bolted
- locks the stable door after the horse has bolted
- shuts the stable door after the horse has bolted
- closed the stable door after the horse had bolted
- closes the stable door after the horse has bolted
- locked the stable door after the horse had bolted
- closing the stable door after the horse has bolted
- locking the stable door after the horse has bolted
- shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted
Questions about bolted
- What is bolted the simple past and past participle of?
- Bolted is the simple past and past participle of bolt.
- How do you pronounce bolted?
- Bolted is pronounced /ˈbəʊltɪd/ (UK).
Words near bolted in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bolted (page history and authors); bolt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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