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BOOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of delivering a blow with the foot
Example:
the team's kicking was excellent
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("boot" is a kind of...):
blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boot"):
goal-kick ((association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line)
goal-kick ((rugby) an attempt to kick a goal)
punt; punting ((football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground)
place-kicking; place kick ((sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking)
dropkick ((football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground)
Derivation:
boot (kick; give a boot to)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("boot" is a kind of...):
torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("boot" is a kind of...):
footgear; footwear (covering for a person's feet)
Meronyms (parts of "boot"):
gad; spur (a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward)
toe box (the forward tip of the upper of a shoe or boot that provides space and protection for the toes)
toecap (a protective leather or steel cover for the toe of a boot or shoe, reinforcing or decorating it)
tongue (the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot)
upper (piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot)
outsole (the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground)
instep (the part of a shoe or stocking that covers the arch of the foot)
innersole; insole (the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests)
heel (the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation)
eyehole; eyelet (a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar)
counter; heel counter (a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot)
collar; shoe collar (the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot)
bootleg (the part of a boot above the instep)
bootlace (a long lace for fastening boots)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boot"):
buskin; combat boot; desert boot; half boot; top boot (a boot reaching halfway up to the knee)
cowboy boot (a boot with a high arch and fancy stitching; worn by American cowboys)
hessian; Hessian boot; jackboot; Wellington; Wellington boot ((19th century) a man's high tasseled boot)
hip boot; thigh boot (a very high boot; used especially for fishing)
riding boot (a boot without laces that is worn for riding horses; part of a riding habit)
gum boot; rubber boot (a high boot made of rubber)
ski boot (a stiff boot that is fastened to a ski with a ski binding)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
Synonyms:
boot; iron boot; iron heel; the boot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("boot" is a kind of...):
instrument of torture (an instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Protective casing for something that resembles a leg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("boot" is a kind of...):
case; casing; shell (the housing or outer covering of something)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
Example:
he put his golf bag in the trunk
Synonyms:
automobile trunk; boot; luggage compartment; trunk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("boot" is a kind of...):
compartment (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)
Holonyms ("boot" is a part of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The swift release of a store of affective force
Example:
he does it for kicks
Synonyms:
bang; boot; charge; flush; kick; rush; thrill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("boot" is a kind of...):
excitement; exhilaration (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they boot ... he / she / it boots
Past simple: booted
Past participle: booted
-ing form: booting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
Example:
boot your computer
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "boot" is one way to...):
resuscitate; revive (cause to regain consciousness)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Kick; give a boot to
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "boot" is one way to...):
kick (strike with the foot)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to boot the prisoners
Also:
boot out (remove from a position or office)
Derivation:
boot (the act of delivering a blow with the foot)
Context examples:
“It's us must break the treaty when the time comes; and till then I'll gammon that doctor, if I have to ile his boots with brandy.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
"There never was such a cross family!" cried Jo, losing her temper when she had upset an inkstand, broken both boot lacings, and sat down upon her hat.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
That is Buck Whalley, who walked to Jerusalem in a long blue coat, top-boots, and buckskins.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“What boots it to wait?” said Sir William Felton.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mr. Elton, I must beg leave to stop at your house, and ask your housekeeper for a bit of ribband or string, or any thing just to keep my boot on.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
How I do still abhor—He ground his teeth and was silent: he arrested his step and struck his boot against the hard ground.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Get up, little chappie, and take your face off my boots.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
But the rain was also a mere trifle to Mrs Clay; she would hardly allow it even to drop at all, and her boots were so thick! much thicker than Miss Anne's; and, in short, her civility rendered her quite as anxious to be left to walk with Mr Elliot as Anne could be, and it was discussed between them with a generosity so polite and so determined, that the others were obliged to settle it for them; Miss Elliot maintaining that Mrs Clay had a little cold already, and Mr Elliot deciding on appeal, that his cousin Anne's boots were rather the thickest.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
A ball itself could not have been more welcome to Catherine than this little excursion, so strong was her desire to be acquainted with Woodston; and her heart was still bounding with joy when Henry, about an hour afterwards, came booted and greatcoated into the room where she and Eleanor were sitting, and said, I am come, young ladies, in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our pleasures in this world are always to be paid for, and that we often purchase them at a great disadvantage, giving ready-monied actual happiness for a draft on the future, that may not be honoured.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
They made his hat and boots and clothes into a small bundle and threw it into the top branches of a tall tree.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
