Unbolted
adj, verb
adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of unbolt form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Not fastened with a bolt. not-comparable
"[…] it seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may afterwards be censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief."
- 2 Not sifted. not-comparable
"unbolted flour"
- 3 Coarse, uncultured, vulgar. figuratively, not-comparable, obsolete
"My lord, if you’ll give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him."
Adjective
- 1 not firmly fastened or secured wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] it seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may afterwards be censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief."
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