vault
verb/vɔːlt/
/vɔːlt/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they vault | /vɔːlt/ /vɔːlt/ |
| he / she / it vaults | /vɔːlts/ /vɔːlts/ |
| past simple vaulted | /ˈvɔːltɪd/ /ˈvɔːltɪd/ |
| past participle vaulted | /ˈvɔːltɪd/ /ˈvɔːltɪd/ |
| -ing form vaulting | /ˈvɔːltɪŋ/ /ˈvɔːltɪŋ/ |
- to jump over an object in a single movement, using your hands or a pole to push you
- vault over something She vaulted over the gate and ran up the path.
- vault something to vault a fence
- There’s no way he could have vaulted the fence with that injury.
Word Originverb mid 16th cent.: from Old French volter ‘to turn (a horse), gambol’, based on Latin volvere ‘to roll’.Want to learn more?
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