…pass (flour, powder, or other material) through a sieve…
…(1924–95), English writer best known for the play A Man for All Seasons (1960) and the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dr Zhivago (1965); full name Robert Oxton Bolt…
…(b.1986), Jamaican athlete; full name Usain St Leo Bolt. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing he won gold medals in the 100 metre and 200 metre races, setting a new world record time for each. He defended his Olympic titles in 2012, winning gold in the 100 metre and 200 metre races…
…(of an extra part of a machine) able to be fastened on with a bolt or catch…
…a rope sewn round the edge of a vessel’s sail to prevent tearing…
…a bolt or bar with an eye at the end for attaching a hook or ring to…
…a tensioned rod anchoring the roof of a working to the strata above…
…(of a gun) having a breech which is opened by turning a bolt and sliding it back…
…a large bolt with a round head, used for fixing wooden panels to masonry or to one another…
…a bolt that expands when inserted, no thread being required in the surrounding material…
…a bolt that can be released by being blown out of position by an integral explosive charge…
…try to escape by moving suddenly towards (something)…
…a bolt engaged by turning a knob or key, rather than by spring action…
…a kind of wall fastener for use on open-backed plasterboard, having a part that springs open or turns through 90° after it is inserted so as to prevent withdrawal…
…try to avoid or prevent something undesirable when it is already too late to do so…
…(1924–95), English writer best known for the play A Man for All Seasons (1960) and the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dr Zhivago (1965); full name Robert Oxton Bolt…
…(b.1986), Jamaican athlete; full name Usain St Leo Bolt. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing he won gold medals in the 100 metre and 200 metre races, setting a new world record time for each. He defended his Olympic titles in 2012, winning gold in the 100 metre and 200 metre races…
