(biochemistry) A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
(by extension) A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
verb
(intransitive) to soak up or absorb liquid.
(transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
(transitive) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
(transitive) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
(transitive) To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
(transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
(transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
(transitive) to cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
bolt
bolt
adv
Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
noun
(US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
(military, mechanical engineering) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
(nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
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 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 burst of speed or efficiency.
A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
A sudden event, action or emotion.
A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
verb
(US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
(intransitive) To escape.
(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
(intransitive, botany, of lettuce, spinach, garlic, onion, etc) To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
(law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
(transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
To secure a door by locking or barring it.
To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.