bolt upright

US pronunciation

American soundbolt upright

boltupright

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Clear final sound

bolt - upright -> bolt upright

Myanmar meaning

တည့်တည့်မတ်မတ်။

Full entry

bolt /bǝƱlt/ n

၁။ မင်းတုပ်။ တံခါးချက်။
၂။ မူလီ။
၃။ (ရှေး) (ဒူးလေးသုံး) မြား။
၄။ လျှပ်စီး။ လျှပ်ရောင်။
၅။ အထည်အလိပ်။
၆။ [sing] သုတ်ခြေတင်ခြင်း။ When the police arrived he made a bolt for the door (ie to escape through it).
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၁။ (က) မင်းတုပ်ချသည်။ ချက်ထိုးသည်။ The gate bolts on the inside. ❍ Remember to bolt all the doors and windows. (ခ) ~ A to B; ~ A and B (together) မူလီစုပ် သည်။ The vice is bolted to the work-bench. ❍ The various parts of the car are bolted together.
၂။ (က) (မြင်း) ရုတ်တရက် ကဆုန်စိုင်း ထွက်ပြေးသည်။ The horse bolted in terror at the sound of the gun. (ခ) တစ်ချီတည်း သုတ်ခြေတင်သည်၊ လစ်သည်။ When the police arrived the burglars bolted. (ဂ) (US ) ပါတီ၊ အသင်းအဖွဲ့အား အားပေးမှု ရပ်ဆိုင်းသည်။
၃။ ~ sth (down) ကမန်းကတန်းမျိုချသည်။ He had to bolt down his breakfast in order to catch the bus to work.
၄။ (အပင်) တစ်ဟုန်ထိုးထလာပြီး အပွင့်စဲကာ မျိုးစေ့များဖြစ်ပေါ်လာသည်။ You should pick the lettuces before they bolt. ဆလတ်ပင်တွေ မရင့်ခင် ခူးလိုက်ပါ။
❏ a bolt from the blue [IDM ] လုံးဝမထင်မှတ်သော ဖြစ်ရပ်။ The news of his death was (like) a bolt from the blue.
❏ bolt-hole n (Brit ) ထွက်ပြေးလွတ်မြောက်ရန် နေရာ။ ရှောင်ရန်တိမ်းရန်နေရာ။
❏ bolt sb in/out [PHRV ] ဝင်ထွက်မရအောင် ပိတ်ထားသည်။
❏ bolt upright [IDM ] မတ်မတ်ကြီး။ sitting bolt upright.

More examples

A bolt of cloth/silk

Synonyms

fasten, secure, lock, lock up, attach, abscond, anchor, arrow, bail out, bar, bound, brad, catch, coil, consume, cop out, coupling, cram, curl, cut loose, cut out, cylinder, dart, dash, deadbolt, devour, disappear, ditch, dowel, down, drop out, dump, englut, escape, fasten securely, fastener, flash; projectile, flee, flight, fly, fulmination, gobble, gorge, gulp, guzzle, hightail, hotfoot, hurtle, ingurgitate, inhale, jump, kiss goodbye, lag, latch, leap, leave flat, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, leave in the lurch, make a break for it, make a dash for it, make a run for it, make off, make tracks, missile, nut, opt out, package, padlock, peg, pin, pipe, rivet, rod, run, run like scared rabbit, run off, run out on, rush, scamper, scarf, scarf down, scarper, scoff, scoot, scram, screw, shaft, skedaddle, skewer, skip, sliding bar, slop, slosh, spike, spindle, spiral, split, spring, sprint, stake, staple, start, startle, step on it, stud, stuff, swallow whole, take flight, take off, thunderbolt, thunderstroke, twist, walk out on, wolf

Antonyms

abstain, dawdle, face, fast, key, loose, loosen, meet, nibble, open, remain, stay, stop, unbolt, unfasten, unlock, wait

Cross references

fasten secure lock lock up attach abscond anchor arrow bail out bar bound brad catch coil consume cop out coupling cram curl cut loose cut out cylinder dart dash deadbolt devour disappear ditch

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