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English meaning

  • bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  • bound adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
  • crack verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
  • dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  • flaw noun A defect or imperfection, often one that is hidden or not obvious at first.
  • jump verb To push off the ground with your legs so your whole body leaves the surface briefly.
  • leap verb To jump a long distance, or jump over something suddenly and forcefully.
  • skip verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.
  • vault noun A strong, secure room, especially one used to store money, valuables, or important records.

Senses

Sprung is used for these senses in English:

  • bolt A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
  • bound A sizeable jump, great leap.
  • crack A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
  • dash A short run, flight.
  • flaw A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
  • skip A leaping or jumping movement; the action of one who skips.
  • vault An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
  • vault (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.

bolt — full definition

  1. noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  2. noun A sliding bar used to lock a door.
  3. noun A flash of lightning.
  4. verb To run away suddenly, or move very fast.
  5. verb To fasten something with a bolt, or to lock a door with a bolt.

bound — full definition

  1. adj Obliged to do something, often by law, duty, or promise.
  2. adj Heading toward a particular place.
  3. adj Certain or very likely to happen.
  4. noun A limit or boundary, often used in the plural.
  5. verb To leap or spring, moving forward in jumps.
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