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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bootnoun

    footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

  2. bootnoun

    British term for the luggage compartment in a car

  3. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kicknoun

    the swift release of a store of affective force

    "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

  4. bootnoun

    protective casing for something that resembles a leg

  5. boot, the boot, iron boot, iron heelnoun

    an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg

  6. bootnoun

    a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed

  7. kick, boot, kickingverb

    the act of delivering a blow with the foot

    "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"

  8. bootverb

    kick; give a boot to

  9. boot, reboot, bring upverb

    cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes

    "boot your computer"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Bootnoun

    Etymology: from the verb.

    My gravity,
    Wherein, let no man hear me, I take pride,
    Could I, with boot, change for an idle plume,
    Which the air beats for vain. William Shakespeare, Measure for Meas.

    Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose
    To the wet seaboy, in an hour so rude:
    And, in the calmest and the stillest night,
    With all appliances, and means to boot,
    Deny it to a king? William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

    Man is God’s image; but a poor man is
    Christ’s stamp to boot: both images regard. George Herbert.

    He might have his mind and manners formed, and he be instructed to boot in several sciences. John Locke.

    Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings,
    Make boot upon the summer’s velvet buds. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

  2. BOOTnoun

    Etymology: bottas, Armorick; botes, a shoe, Welch; botte, French.

    That my leg is too long ——
    —— No; that it is too little. ——
    —— I’ll wear a boot, to make it somewhat rounder. William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona.

    Shew’d him his room, where he must lodge that night,
    Pull’d off his boots, and took away the light. John Milton.

    Bishop Wilkins says, he does not question, but it will be as usual for a man to call for his wings, when he is going a journey, as it is now to call for his boots. Joseph Addison, Guardian.

  3. To BOOTverb

    Etymology: baten, to profit, Dutch; bot, in Saxon, is recompence, repentance, or fine paid by way of expiation; botan is, to repent, or to compensate; as, He is wis þæt bit and bote,
    And bet bivoren dome .

    It shall not boot them, who derogate from reading, to excuse it, when they see no other remedy; as if their intent were only to deny, that aliens and strangers from the family of God are won, or that belief doth use to be wrought at the first in them, without sermons. Richard Hooker, b. v. § 22.

    For what I have, I need not to repeat;
    And what I want, it boots not to complain. William Shakespeare, R. II.

    If we shun
    The purpos’d end, or here lie fixed all,
    What boots it us these wars to have begun. Edward Fairfax, b. i.

    What boots the regal circle on his head,
    That long behind he trails his pompous robe? Alexander Pope.

    And I will boot thee with what gift beside,
    That modesty can beg. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

  4. To Bootverb

    To put on boots.

    Etymology: from the noun.

    Boot, boot, Master Shallow; I know the young king is sick for me: let us take any man’s horses. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

Wikipedia

  1. boot

    Build–operate–transfer (BOT) or build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT) is a form of project delivery method, usually for large-scale infrastructure projects, wherein a private entity receives a concession from the public sector (or the private sector on rare occasions) to finance, design, construct, own, and operate a facility stated in the concession contract. The private entity will have the right to operate it for a set period of time. This enables the project proponent to recover its investment and operating and maintenance expenses in the project. BOT is usually a model used in public–private partnerships. Due to the long-term nature of the arrangement, the fees are usually raised during the concession period. The rate of increase is often tied to a combination of internal and external variables, allowing the proponent to reach a satisfactory internal rate of return for its investment. Countries where BOT is prevalent are Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, Bahrain, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, Iran, Croatia, Japan, China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Egypt, Myanmar and a few US states (California, Florida, Indiana, Texas, and Virginia). However, in some countries, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Nepal, the term used is build–own–operate–transfer (BOOT). The first BOT was for the China Hotel, built in 1979 by the Hong Kong listed conglomerate Hopewell Holdings Ltd (controlled by Sir Gordon Wu).

ChatGPT

  1. boot

    A boot, in general terms, can refer to various things: 1. A type of footwear that covers the foot and part of the leg. They can be made from a variety of materials including leather, rubber, and textiles. Boots are often worn for their functionality, including for protection in harsh weather conditions, certain types of work, or specific outdoor activities. 2. In computing, boot refers to the process of starting up a computer system and getting it into an operational state. This process is known as booting or bootstrapping. 3. In automotive terminology, boot is the British term for the trunk of a car, the enclosed storage compartment at the rear. 4. It can also refer to an eviction or dismissal from a position or place, often used in the phrase 'to give someone the boot.' The context typically helps determine which meaning is intended.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bootnoun

    remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief

  2. Bootnoun

    that which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged

  3. Bootnoun

    profit; gain; advantage; use

  4. Bootverb

    to profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?

  5. Bootverb

    to enrich; to benefit; to give in addition

  6. Bootnoun

    a covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather

  7. Bootnoun

    an instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland

  8. Bootnoun

    a place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach

  9. Bootnoun

    a place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach

  10. Bootnoun

    an apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud

  11. Bootnoun

    the metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof

  12. Bootverb

    to put boots on, esp. for riding

  13. Bootverb

    to punish by kicking with a booted foot

  14. Bootverb

    to boot one's self; to put on one's boots

  15. Bootnoun

    booty; spoil

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Boot

    bōōt, n. a covering for the foot and lower part of the leg generally made of leather: an infamous instrument of judicial torture, in which the legs were forced into a strong case and wedges driven in until bone, muscle, and marrow were crushed together—also Boot′ikin: a box or receptacle in a coach.—v.t. to put on boots.—n. Boot′-clos′er, one who closes the upper leathers of boots.—pa.p. Boot′ed, having boots on, equipped for riding.—ns. Boot′-hook, an instrument for pulling on long boots; Boot′hose (Shak.), hose or stockings used in place of boots; Boot′-jack, an instrument for taking off boots; Boot′lace, a lace for fastening boots; Boot′-last, Boot′-tree, the last or wooden mould on which boots or shoes are made or stretched to keep their shape.—adj. Boot′less, without boots: referring also, as in Tennyson's metaphorical use, 'wedded to a bootless calf,' to the ancient custom at a marriage by proxy of the quasi bridegroom putting one unbooted leg into the bride's bed.—n. Boots, the servant at an inn who cleans the boots, runs messages, &c.—in combination, as Lazyboots, Slyboots.—Boot and saddle (a corr. of Fr. bouteselle, place saddle), the signal to cavalry to mount.—Like old boots (slang), vigorously, heartily.—Six feet in his boots, quite six feet high.—To die in his boots, to be cut off in the midst of health, as by the rope; To have one's heart in one's boots, to be in a state of extreme terror. [O. Fr. bote (mod. botte)—Low L. botta, bota, of dubious origin.]

  2. Boot

    bōōt, v.t. to profit or advantage.—n. advantage: profit: any reparation or compensation paid, like the man-bote of old English law: (Shak.) booty.—adj. Boot′less, without boot or profit: useless.—adv. Boot′lessly.—n. Boot′lessness.—To boot, in addition; To make boot of (Shak.), to make profit of. [A.S. bót, compensation, amends, whence betan, to amend, to make Better.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. boot

    [techspeak; from ‘by one's bootstraps’] To load and initialize the operating system on a machine. This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into techspeak) but has given rise to some derivatives that are still jargon.The derivative reboot implies that the machine hasn't been down for long, or that the boot is a bounce (sense 4) intended to clear some state of wedgitude. This is sometimes used of human thought processes, as in the following exchange: “You've lost me.” “OK, reboot. Here's the theory....”This term is also found in the variants cold boot (from power-off condition) and warm boot (with the CPU and all devices already powered up, as after a hardware reset or software crash).Another variant: soft boot, reinitialization of only part of a system, under control of other software still running: “If you're running the mess-dos emulator, control-alt-insert will cause a soft-boot of the emulator, while leaving the rest of the system running.”Opposed to this there is hard boot, which connotes hostility towards or frustration with the machine being booted: “I'll have to hard-boot this losing Sun.” “I recommend booting it hard.” One often hard-boots by performing a power cycle.Historical note: this term derives from bootstrap loader, a short program that was read in from cards or paper tape, or toggled in from the front panel switches. This program was always very short (great efforts were expended on making it short in order to minimize the labor and chance of error involved in toggling it in), but was just smart enough to read in a slightly more complex program (usually from a card or paper tape reader), to which it handed control; this program in turn was smart enough to read the application or operating system from a magnetic tape drive or disk drive. Thus, in successive steps, the computer ‘pulled itself up by its bootstraps’ to a useful operating state. Nowadays the bootstrap is usually found in ROM or EPROM, and reads the first stage in from a fixed location on the disk, called the ‘boot block’. When this program gains control, it is powerful enough to load the actual OS and hand control over to it.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BOOT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Boot is ranked #42511 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Boot surname appeared 510 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Boot.

    90.7% or 463 total occurrences were White.
    3.9% or 20 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
    1.7% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'boot' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2739

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'boot' in Nouns Frequency: #1103

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of boot in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of boot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of boot in a Sentence

  1. Dennis Crow:

    A [ rattlesnake ] popped out and grabs me on the side of the boot, i jumped a little bit and turned to my side, and saw that both of his fangs were stuck in my boot.

  2. Brandon Rola:

    Around the ninth, 10th shovel full, I hit a child's boot.

  3. Arthur Conan Doyle:

    I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.

  4. Jamaal Abegaz:

    We're organizing for Black Lives, we have to live, so we're not going to live under somebody's boot.

  5. Van Hinsbergen:

    Most mountain chains that we investigated originated from a single continent that separated from North Africa more than 200 million years ago, the only remaining part of this continent is a strip that runs from Turin via the Adriatic Sea to the heel of the boot that forms Italy.

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