What is a word vault

- архит. свод

cloister vault — монастырский свод 
vault head — замок /ключ, шелыга/ свода 

- поэт. небосвод (тж. the vault of heaven)

the blue vault — голубой купол 

- анат. свод

cranial vault — свод черепа 

- подвал, погреб (винный и т. п.)
- склеп (тж. sepulchral vault)

family vault — фамильный склеп, усыпальница 

- хранилище; (стальная) камера; сейф

safety vault — хранилище (ценностей) (в банке и т. п.) 
cash in vault — наличность кассы; денежная наличность (в кассе банка) 

- фильмохранилище
- пещера
- прыжок, скачок (особ. через препятствие)

vault over a gate [from the saddle, upon a horse] — прыжок /скачок/ через ворота [с седла, на коня] 

- спорт. опорный прыжок

free vault — свободный прыжок 
rear vault — прыжок углом 
double-rear vault — опорный прыжок углом с поворотом на 180u00B0 
flank /side/ vault — опорный прыжок боком 
horse vault — прыжок через коня (одна нога сбоку прямая, другая согнута) 
straddle vault — прыжок ноги врозь 

- архит. покрывать сводом; возводить свод (над чем-л.)
- выситься сводом (над чем-л.); накрывать (как) куполом (тж. vault over)

the sky vaulted over the sea — купол неба над морем 

- изгибаться

to vault like the rainbow — изгибаться сводом /радугой/ 

- перепрыгивать, перескакивать; прыгать

to vault (over) a fence — перескочить через забор 
to vault into the saddle — вскочить на коня /в седло/ 
to vault a river — воен. форсировать реку 

- прыгать с опорой обо что-л. (гимнастика)
- вольтижировать (конный спорт)

Мои примеры

The robber vaulted over the counter and took $200 in cash. 

Грабитель перемахнул через прилавок и взял $200 наличными.

He took a running jump at the fence and vaulted over (it). 

Он с разбегу перепрыгнул через забор.

Edwards cleared 18 feet in the pole vault. 

Эдвардс взял высоту 18 футов в прыжках с шестом.

Looking across the vast expanse, with the wide blue sky vaulted over it. 

Глядя вдоль широких простор и голубого неба, раскинувшегося над ними.

On Sunday Michigan vaulted from No. 4 to the nation’s top team. 

В воскресенье команда Мичигана совершила скачок с 4-го места на первое.

Recent Examples on the Web

Now the boys sing the Magnificat, the song of Mary, their voices rising to the ribs of the vault.


—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023




After Tom Cruise’s super spy Ethan Hunt suspended himself from a cable and dropped down from ceiling of the high-security CIA vault to steal the NOC list, Donloe was promptly fired and reassigned to a polar substation in Alaska.


—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023




But neither of these explanations makes sense of Brandon Johnson’s vault from obscurity to the runoff.


—Keeanga-yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2023




However much has been lost, glimpses of the vaults at the Library of Congress and the voluminous holdings in archives and cinematheques around the world are daunting: That’s a lot of material to keep at optimal temperature.


—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2023




The height of the Gothic vaults allowed this polyphonic music to soar, the lower notes reverberating warmly, the higher notes disappearing more quickly.


—Yuliya Parshina-kottas, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023




In lieu of bringing something out of the vault, the royal turned to high-street favorite Zara for her earrings.


—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2023




That’s when Michelle grabbed her briefcase and headed to the vault.


—Tracy Smith, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023




Tiaras of yore were taken out of the vault for occasions like balls and coronations.


—Nancy Macdonell, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022

Virgin Orbit was founded in 2017 after spinning off from its sister company, Virgin Galactic, which is focused on using supersonic planes to vault high-paying tourists on joy rides to the edge of space.


—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023




No, not his game-winning grand slam, which lifted Team USA to an exhilarating 9-7 comeback victory over Venezuela, vaulting them into the World Baseball Classic semifinals Sunday night (7 p.m. ET, FOX) against Cuba.


—Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023




Gambit is the only mode in the game that has not just gotten no real support, but actually has had things taken away from it, as two of its paltry six maps were vaulted and never returned.


—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023




Sharp, recognizing help was on the way, delivered a bounce pass to Enmanuel, who collected it in stride and vaulted toward the rim for what everyone on his team — and everyone else in the small arena — expected to be a stanchion-shaking dunk.


—Billy Witz, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023




But UConn still wasn’t getting the production from the bench or showing off the depth that vaulted them into national title conversations in December.


—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2023




Now, Dak must do it again to extend the season and vault the Cowboys into the NFC Championship for the first time since the 1995 season.


—Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023




Democrats were confident those ballots would vault their candidate into the lead.


—Nicholas Riccardi And Ken Ritter, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2022




Thompson-Robinson and Charbonnet are each getting some Heisman Trophy hype and a road upset would vault them and the Bruins firmly into the national conversation with only one major test left on their schedule.


—oregonlive, 17 Oct. 2022


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• Vault — (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[^u]te, 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}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arch.) …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Vault — Vault, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[^u]ter. See {Vault} an arch.] [1913 Webster] 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• vault — vault1 [vôlt] n. [ME voute < OFr < VL * volvita, an arch, vault < * volvitus, pp. of * volvitare, intens. of L volvere, to turn around, roll: see WALK] 1. an arched roof, ceiling, or covering of masonry 2. an arched chamber or space, esp …   English World dictionary

• Vault — Nombre publicitario Vault Lanzada en 2005 Operada por Chart Show Channels Share 2,7% Sitio Web thevault.tv Frecuencias Satélite …   Wikipedia Español

• Vault — Vault  коммерческая, проприетарная система управления версиями, разработанная компанией SourceGear LLC, которая позиционирует свой продукт как замену Microsoft Visual SourceSafe. Система Vault использует Microsoft SQL Server в качестве базы… …   Википедия

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• vault — ‘arched roof’ [14] and vault ‘jump’ [16] are distinct words, although they share a common ancestor: Latin volvere ‘roll, turn’ (source also of English involve, revolve, etc). Its feminine past participle volūta evolved in Vulgar Latin into *volta …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• vault — vault·age; vault·er; vault·man; vault; …   English syllables

• vault — ‘arched roof’ [14] and vault ‘jump’ [16] are distinct words, although they share a common ancestor: Latin volvere ‘roll, turn’ (source also of English involve, revolve, etc). Its feminine past participle volūta evolved in Vulgar Latin into *volta …   Word origins

• Vault — Vault, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. volt?re turn. See {Vault}, n., 4.] [1913 Webster] 1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. [1913 Webster] Vaulting ambition, which o erleaps itself. Shak. [1913 Webster] Leaning on his lance, he… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• vault|ed — «VAWL tihd», adjective. 1. in the form of a vault; arched: »a vaulted ceiling. 2. built or covered with a vault: »a vaulted room. SYNONYM(S): domed. 3. having vaults or underground passages: »the vaulted catacombs …   Useful english dictionary

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