[vawlt] 
,| 1. | an arched structure, usually made of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, sewer, or other wholly or partially enclosed construction. |
| 2. | an arched structure resembling a vault. |
| 3. | a space, chamber, or passage enclosed by a vault or vaultlike structure, esp. one located underground. |
| 4. | an underground chamber, as a cellar or a division of a cellar. |
| 5. | a room or compartment, often built of or lined with steel, reserved for the storage and safekeeping of valuables, esp. such a place in a bank. |
| 6. | a strong metal cabinet, usually fireproof and burglarproof, for the storage and safekeeping of valuables, important papers, etc. |
| 7. | a burial chamber. |
| 8. | Anatomy. an arched roof of a cavity. |
| 9. | something likened to an arched roof: the vault of heaven. |
| 10. | to construct or cover with a vault. |
| 11. | to make in the form of a vault; arch. |
| 12. | to extend or stretch over in the manner of an arch; overarch: An arbor vaulted the path. |
| 13. | to store in a vault: The paintings will be vaulted when the museum is closed. |
| 14. | to curve or bend in the form of a vault. |
[vawlt] ,| 1. | to leap or spring, as to or from a position or over something: He vaulted over the tennis net. |
| 2. | to leap with the hands supported by something, as by a horizontal pole. |
| 3. | Gymnastics. to leap over a vaulting or pommel horse, using the hands for pushing off. |
| 4. | to arrive at or achieve something as if by a spring or leap: to vault into prominence. |
| 5. | to leap over: to vault a fence. |
| 6. | to cause to leap over or surpass others: Advertising has vaulted the new perfume into first place. |
| 7. | the act of vaulting. |
| 8. | a leap of a horse; curvet. |
| 9. | Gymnastics. a running jump over a vaulting or pommel horse, usually finishing with an acrobatic dismount. |
| vault 1 (vôlt) n.
[Middle English vaute, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *volvita, volta, from feminine of *volvitus, arched, alteration of Latin volūtus, past participle of volvere, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
| vault 2 (vôlt) v. vault·ed, vault·ing, vaults v. tr. To jump or leap over, especially with the aid of a support such as the hands or a pole. v. intr.
[Obsolete French volter, from Old French, from Old Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitāre, frequentative of Latin volvere, to turn, roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.] vault'er n. |