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piorun — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bolt noun A metal fastener with a threaded shaft, used with a nut to hold things together.
  • lightning noun The bright flash of light in the sky during a storm, caused by electricity passing between clouds or between a cloud and the ground.
  • thunderbolt noun A flash of lightning together with the crash of thunder that comes with it.

Senses

piorun is used for these senses in English:

  • Perun The highest god in the pantheon of Slavic mythology, the god of thunder and lightning.
  • bolt A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
  • lightning A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
  • thunderbolt A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.

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.

lightning — full definition

  1. noun The bright flash of light in the sky during a storm, caused by electricity passing between clouds or between a cloud and the ground.
  2. adj Extremely fast, as if moving at the speed of an electrical flash in the sky.
  3. verb To produce flashes of lightning during a storm.
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