boot

[Boot]

A boot is the kind of shoe that can rise as high as your knee, like riding boots, or just up to your ankle, like silver studded Beatle boots. To boot means to kick something (with or without the fancy footwear).

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Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

Noun
the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team''s kicking was excellent"

Noun
footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

Noun
British term for the luggage compartment in a car

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

Noun
protective casing for something that resembles a leg

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Noun
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"

Verb
cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"

Verb
kick; give a boot to


n.
Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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

n.
Profit; gain; advantage; use.

v. t.
To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?

v. t.
To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.

n.
A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.

n.
An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.

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

n.
A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.

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

n.
The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.

v. t.
To put boots on, esp. for riding.

v. t.
To punish by kicking with a booted foot.

v. i.
To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.

n.
Booty; spoil.


Boot

Boot , n. [OE. bot, bote, adbantage, amends, cure, AS. bt; akin to Icel. bt, Sw. bot, Dan. bod, Goth. bta, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making good or better, from the root of E. better, adj. 255.] 1. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
He gaf the sike man his boote.
Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a wound.
Next her Son, our soul's best boot.
2. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one.
3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.]
Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot.
To boot, in addition; over and above; besides; as a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered.
Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot.
A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to boot.

Boot

Boot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n. Booting.] 1. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?
What subdued To change like this a mind so far imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know.
What boots to us your victories?
2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]
And I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy modesty can beg.

Boot

Boot, n. [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of uncertain origin.] 1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather. 2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg.
3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. [Obs.] 4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. 5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud. 6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof. Boot catcher, the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] Swift. -- Boot closer, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. -- Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot. -- Boot hook, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots. -- Boots and saddles (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill. -- Sly boots. See Slyboots, in the Vocabulary.

Boot

Boot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Booted; p. pr. & vb. n. Booting.] 1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.
Coated and booted for it.
2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]

Boot

Boot, v. i. To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.

Boot

Boot, n. Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] Shak.

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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

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

To put boots on, esp. for riding.

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

Booty; spoil.

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Usage Examples

Whenever I have bid a hasty goodbye to a loved one, I've always made sure that my record collection was safely stored away in the boot of the car.

Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine?

Let's be realistic, how many people are buying a $2,000 skirt? I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot.

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way.

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