Bolt
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt. To secure a door by locking or barring it. To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly. To escape. Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed. To swallow food without chewing it. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink. To sift, especially through a cloth.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm. A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult, especially a short, stout arrow. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt. A sudden event. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth. The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
Example sentence: Poetry for me is very easy. It's like a lightning bolt. I feel this calling, and the first line of the poem comes into my head, and I just have to go to the page, to the typewriter, to the computer or whatever and write it.
Deadbolt
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The part of the lock which is moved when the key is engaged.A kind of lock in which the bolt (moving portion) is held in position by th cylinder rather than by a spring and so can not be retracted except by turning the cylinder.