Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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lightning | Yes | No | No | No |
bolt | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
lightning (noun) | bolt (noun) |
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the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more | a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) |
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light | the act of moving with great haste |
a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener | |
the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key | |
a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech | |
a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length | |
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder |
lightning (verb) | bolt (verb) |
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make or roll into bolts | |
eat hastily without proper chewing | |
swallow hastily | |
secure or lock with a bolt | |
move or jump suddenly | |
leave suddenly and as if in a hurry | |
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along |
lightning (adverb) | bolt (adverb) |
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directly | |
in a rigid manner |