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vaultvault2 verb ETYMOLOGYvault2Origin: 1500-1600 Old French volter, from Vulgar Latin volvitare to turn, jump, from Latin volvere to roll VERB TABLEvault |
| Present | I, you, we, they | vault | | he, she, it | vaults | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | vaulted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have vaulted | | he, she, it | has vaulted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had vaulted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will vault | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have vaulted |
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| Present | I | am vaulting | | he, she, it | is vaulting | | you, we, they | are vaulting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was vaulting | | you, we, they | were vaulting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been vaulting | | he, she, it | has been vaulting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been vaulting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be vaulting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been vaulting |
THESAURUSupward► jumpa) to push yourself suddenly up in the air using your legs: How high can you jump? Lewis jumped 27 feet in the Olympics.b) to go over or across something by jumping: A kid could easily jump that fence. ► skip to move forward with little jumps between your steps: The two little girls skipped off down the sidewalk. ► hop to move around by jumping on one leg: I twisted my ankle, and had to hop across the back yard to sit down. ► spring to jump or move suddenly and quickly in a particular direction. Used especially in writing or literature: She sprang up nervously when she heard the doorbell ring. ► dive to jump into water with your head and arms first: The pool is not deep enough to dive into. ► bounce to jump up and down several times, especially on a surface that is soft and helps you to go up and down: The kids were bouncing on the trampoline. ► pounce to suddenly jump on a person or animal to try to catch him, her, or it, especially from a place where you were hiding: The cats like to pounce on flies as they buzz in the windows. ► leap to jump high into the air or over something: The deer leaped over a fallen log and disappeared. ► hurdle to jump over something while you are running: The man hurdled a low fence as he ran away. ► vault to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you: A young man ran past, vaulting the brick wall at the end of the parking lot. 1[intransitive] to move quickly from a lower rank or level to a higher one: vault from/to The team vaulted to No. 2 in the rankings.2[transitive] (also vault over) to jump over something in one movement, using your hands or a pole to help you
► see thesaurus at jump13vault somebody to prominence/power to make someone suddenly famous or important SYN catapult—vaulter noun [countable] |