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1 bolt(-)upright
adverb (absolutely upright: She sat bolt upright in the chair with her back very straight.) sztywny jakby kij połknął -
2 bolt(-)upright
adverb (absolutely upright: She sat bolt upright in the chair with her back very straight.) sztywny jakby kij połknął -
3 bolt
[bəult] 1. n( lock) zasuwa f, rygiel m; ( with nut) śruba f; ( of lightning) piorun m2. vt3. vi 4. advto bolt sth to sth — przykuwać (przykuć perf) coś do czegoś
* * *[boult] 1. noun1) (a bar to fasten a door etc: We have a bolt as well as a lock on the door.) zasuwka2) (a round bar of metal, often with a screw thread for a nut: nuts and bolts.) nakrętka3) (a flash of lightning.) piorun4) (a roll (of cloth): a bolt of silk.) sztuka, bela2. verb1) (to fasten with a bolt: He bolted the door.) zaryglować2) (to swallow hastily: The child bolted her food.) łykać3) (to go away very fast: The horse bolted in terror.) wyrwać•- bolt-upright- boltupright
- a bolt from the blue
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Bolt upright — Bolt Bolt, adv. In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly. [1913 Webster] [He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] {Bolt upright}. (a) Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bolt upright — ► bolt upright with the back very straight. Main Entry: ↑bolt … English terms dictionary
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bolt upright — adv. Bolt upright is used with these verbs: ↑sit … Collocations dictionary
bolt upright — in a position where you are sitting up with your back very straight. He woke to see her sitting bolt upright beside him and wondered what was the matter … New idioms dictionary
bolt upright — in Scene 2, the corpse is supposed to sit suddenly bolt upright Syn: straight, rigidly, stiffly Ant: slouching … Thesaurus of popular words
bolt upright — with your back very straight Iris sat bolt upright in her seat throughout the interview … English dictionary
bolt upright — idi stiffly or rigidly straight: to sit bolt upright[/ex] … From formal English to slang
bolt upright-ness — see bolt adv … Useful english dictionary
bolt-upright — a. Perpendicular, quite upright … New dictionary of synonyms