vault

[Vault]

Vault is a verb that means "to jump over something." If you were hurrying out to the pasture to visit your favorite cow, you might vault over the gate in your excitement.

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An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

Noun
the act of jumping over an obstacle

Noun
an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof

Noun
a burial chamber (usually underground)

Noun
a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables

Verb
bound vigorously

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Verb
jump across or leap over (an obstacle)

n.
An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

n.
An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.

n.
The canopy of heaven; the sky.

n.
A leap or bound.

n.
The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.

n.
A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.

v. t.
To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.

v. i.
To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.

n.
To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.

n.
To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

Vault

Vault , n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo'96te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See Voluble, and cf. Vault a leap, Volt a turn, Volute.] 1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault.
2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. "Charnel vaults." Milton.
The silent vaults of death.
To banish rats that haunt our vault.
3. The canopy of heaven; the sky.
That heaven's vault should crack.
4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound. Specifically: -- (a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. (b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. &hand; The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation. Barrel, Cradle, Cylindrical, ∨ Wagon, vault (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see Rampant vault, under Rampant), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. -- Coved vault. (Arch.) See under 1st Cove, v. t. -- Groined vault (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault. -- Rampant vault. (Arch.) See under Rampant. -- Ribbed vault (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character. -- Vault light, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.

Vault

Vault , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaulting.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo'96ter. See Vault an arch.] 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.
The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
2. [See Vault, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.
I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures.

Vault

Vault, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. voltre turn. See Vault, n., 4.] 1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself.
Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree.
Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth.
2. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.

To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.

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Usage Examples

To be a character who feels a deep emotion, one must go into the memory's vault and mix in a sad memory from one's own life.

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