bolted

Meaning

of Bolt

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fixed closed attached mounted shut sealed latch locked blocked screwed barreled barrelled twilled barred plugged
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Antonyms

struck delayed beset rickety unlocked set upon
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Phrases with the word

close the barn door after the horse has bolted bolted joint lock the stable door after the horse has bolted shut the stable door after the horse has bolted

Anagrams

bloted

Examples

From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free. Jacques-Yves Cousteau

But, in her life, nothing was going to happen. Such was the will of God! The future was a dark corridor, and at the far end the door was bolted. Gustave Flaubert

So I want to get myself attached to something bolted down, So that these winds of circumstance won't keep blowing me around. From when I land to when I leave there is enough time to sleep and sing. I keep running around, when all I want is to lay motionless. Conor Oberst

It's too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted. Norwegian Proverb

It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. Irish Proverb

Bolted windows with the door ajar. Kashmir Proverb