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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Name

Definition 1:
• A surname.

Definition 2:
• A small village in Eskdale parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY1701).
Noun
Pronunciation: /buːt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bo͞ot

Definition 1:
• A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.

Definition 2:
• A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.
• A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).
Labels: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Definition 3:
• A blow with the foot; a kick.
Labels: uncountable

Definition 4:
• A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc.
Labels: business, construction, manufacturing

Definition 5:
• Oppression, an oppressor.
Labels: figuratively, with-definite-article

Definition 6:
• A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.

Definition 7:
• A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
Labels: transport, US

Definition 8:
• A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft's wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.
Labels: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Definition 9:
• A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
Labels: obsolete

Definition 10:
• A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
Labels: archaic

Definition 11:
• The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.
Labels: automotive, transport, vehicles, Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK

Definition 12:
• The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).
Example: He was useless so he got the boot.
Labels: informal, with-definite-article

Definition 13:
• An unattractive person, ugly woman.
Example: old boot
Labels: UK, slang

Definition 14:
• A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.
Labels: government, law-enforcement, military, politics, war, US, slang

Definition 15:
• A soldier, especially a footsoldier.
Example: We do not anticipate there will be US boots on the ground to help quell the violence.
Labels: government, military, politics, war, US, plural, usually

Definition 16:
• A black person.
Labels: ethnic, slang, slur

Definition 17:
• A hard or rigid case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun.
Labels: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry

Definition 18:
• A bobbled ball.
Labels: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Definition 19:
• The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant.
Labels: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Definition 20:
• A linear amplifier used with CB radio.
Labels: slang

Definition 21:
• A tyre.
Labels: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports, slang

Definition 22:
• A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: butt, heel
Labels: US
Noun
Pronunciation: /buːt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bo͞ot

Definition 1:
• Remedy, amends.
Labels: archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable

Definition 2:
• The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device.
Example: It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, archaic

Definition 3:
• A bootleg recording.
Labels: archaic, informal

Definition 4:
• Profit, plunder.
Labels: uncountable

Definition 5:
• That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• Profit; gain; advantage; use.
Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Definition 7:
• Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Definition 8:
• A medicinal cure or remedy.
Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Noun

Definition 1:
• Initialism of Build–own–operate–transfer.
Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Verb
Pronunciation: /buːt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bo͞ot

Definition 1:
• To be beneficial, to help.
Labels: archaic, impersonal, intransitive, transitive

Definition 2:
• To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
Example: When arriving at the office, the first thing I do is boot my machine.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: bootstrap, boot up, start
Wiktionary-listed antonyms: shut down, stop, turn off
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, archaic

Definition 3:
• To matter; to be relevant.
Labels: archaic, impersonal, intransitive

Definition 4:
• To enrich.
Labels: archaic, rare, transitive
Verb
Pronunciation: /buːt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bo͞ot

Definition 1:
• To kick.
Example: I booted the ball toward my teammate.
Example: You nearly booted me in the face!
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• To put boots on, especially for riding.

Definition 3:
• To step on the accelerator of a vehicle for faster acceleration than usual or to drive faster than usual.
Example: The storm is coming fast! Boot it!
Example: We had to boot it all the way there to get to our flight on time.
Labels: Canada, US, colloquial, usually, with it

Definition 4:
• To eject; kick out.
Example: We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible.
Example: The senator was booted from the committee for unethical behavior.
Labels: informal

Definition 5:
• To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, informal

Definition 6:
• To vomit.
Example: Sorry, I didn't mean to boot all over your couch.
Labels: slang

Definition 7:
• To shoot, to kill by gunfire.
Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boot