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boot

noun

1 boot

Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg.

Roget 225: clothing, investment; covering etc. 223; dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim; ... show more

Roget 618: good, benefit, advantage; improvement etc. 658; greatest good, supreme good; interest, service, behoof, behalf; weal; main chance, ... show more

Dutch: bot, laars, laarsje

2 boot

Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools.

synonyms: automobile trunk, luggage compartment, trunk.

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Dutch: achterbak, bagageruim, kofferbak, kofferruimte
Polish: bagażnik

3 boot

The swift release of a store of affective force:
— What a boot!.

synonyms: bang, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill.

4 boot

Protective casing for something that resembles a leg.

5 boot

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

synonyms: iron boot, iron heel, the boot.

Roget 975: scourge, rod, cane, stick; ratan, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote, kurbash, quirt, ... show more

Dutch: hoge, huls, schoen
Polish: hiszpańskie buty

6 boot

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

7 boot

The act of delivering a blow with the foot.

synonyms: kick, kicking.

Dutch: schop, trap
Polish: kopnięcie

verb

1 boot

Kick; give a boot to.

Roget 642: be important etc. adj., be somebody, be something; import, signify, matter, boot, be an object; carry weight etc. (influence) ... show more

Dutch: eruittrappen

2 boot

Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes:
— Boot your computer.

synonyms: bring up, reboot.


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boots

noun

Roget 746: subject, liegeman; servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache; ... show more

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