boot

1 of 5

noun (1)

ˈbüt

archaic : deliverance

: something to equalize a trade

obsolete : avail

boot

2 of 5

verb (1)

booted; booting; boots

archaic

: avail, profit

boot

3 of 5

noun (2)

plural boots

: a fitted covering (as of leather or rubber) for the foot that usually reaches above the ankle

: an instrument of torture used to crush the leg and foot

: something that resembles or is likened to a boot

especially : an enclosing or protective casing or sheath (as for a rifle or over an electrical or mechanical connection)

: a navy or marine corps recruit undergoing basic training

British : an automobile trunk

: a kick with the foot

: summary dismissal

—used with the

gave him the boot

: momentary pleasure or enjoyment : bang

got a big boot out of the joke

: a sheath enclosing the inflorescence

: denver boot

: the act of booting or rebooting a computer or the process by which a computer is booted see boot entry 4 sense 5b

A cold boot is starting up a computer whose power has been turned off. A warm boot involves restarting the system while it is running …

J. D. Biersdorfer

—often used before another noun

a boot disk

boot

4 of 5

verb (2)

booted; booting; boots

transitive verb

: to put boots on

: kick

: to eject or discharge summarily

—often used with out

was booted out of office

: to make an error on (a grounder in baseball)

broadly : botch

: to ride (a horse) in a race

booted home three winners

: to load (a program) into a computer from a disk

: to start or ready for use especially by booting a program

boot a computer

—often used with up

intransitive verb

: to become loaded into a computer's memory from a disk

the program boots automatically

: to become ready for use especially by booting a program

the computer boots quickly

—often used with up

bootable

ˈbü-tə-bəl How to pronounce boot (audio)

adjective

boot

5 of 5

noun (3)

archaic

: booty, plunder

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English bot, bote "advantage, good, relief, deliverance, redemption, amends, cure," Old English bōt "a making good, repair, relief, deliverance, remedy, improvement, atonement, penance, compensation," going back to Germanic *botō "improvement" — more at better entry 1

Note: Though its Old and Middle English predecessors were common nouns with numerous senses, boot now occurs rarely outside of the idiom to boot. This phrase is attested in the sense "to the advantage (of someone)" in Middle English ("to youre bote") and hence was generalized to "as an extra thing, into the bargain" and then "in addition, moreover."

Verb (1)

Middle English boten "to cure, relieve, add to equalize the value of things exchanged, be of use, avail," probably in part derivative of bot, bote "advantage, good, relief," in part going back to Old English botian "to recover from ill health, keep in repair," derivative of bōt "a making good, repair, relief" — more at boot entry 1

Noun (2)

(senses 1-8) Middle English bote, bot, boot, borrowed from Anglo-French bote (also continental Old French bote, botte), of uncertain origin; (sense 9) noun derivative of boot entry 4, sense 5

Note: The French word is traced to a putative Germanic base *butt- "blunt" in Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, along with a diverse group of phonetically similar words, but both the semantic and phonetic assumptions are questionable.

Verb (2)

(senses 1-4) Middle English boten "to put boots on," derivative of bote, bot boot entry 3; (sense 5) short for bootstrap in sense "to perform a bootstrap operation," derivative of bootstrap entry 2

Noun (3)

shortened from booty entry 1, perhaps by association with boot entry 1

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun (3)

1598, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

boot

noun

: additional money or property received to make up the difference in an exchange of business or investment property that is of like kind but unequal in value

Note: Under Internal Revenue Code section 1031, no tax liability results from an exchange solely of like-kind property used in a business or trade or held for investment. If the exchange includes boot, however, under section 1245 the boot will be treated as ordinary income.

单词	booting
释义	boot 1 of 5 noun (1) ˈbüt 1 archaic : deliverance 2 : something to equalize a trade 3 obsolete : avail boot 2 of 5 verb (1) booted; booting; boots archaic : avail, profit boot 3 of 5 noun (2) plural boots 1 : a fitted covering (as of leather or rubber) for the foot that usually reaches above the ankle 2 : an instrument of torture used to crush the leg and foot 3 : something that resembles or is likened to a boot especially : an enclosing or protective casing or sheath (as for a rifle or over an electrical or mechanical connection) 4 : a navy or marine corps recruit undergoing basic training 5 British : an automobile trunk 6 a : a kick with the foot b : summary dismissal —used with the gave him the boot c : momentary pleasure or enjoyment : bang got a big boot out of the joke 7 : a sheath enclosing the inflorescence 8 : denver boot 9 : the act of booting or rebooting a computer or the process by which a computer is booted see boot entry 4 sense 5b A cold boot is starting up a computer whose power has been turned off. A warm boot involves restarting the system while it is running … J. D. Biersdorfer —often used before another noun a boot disk boot 4 of 5 verb (2) booted; booting; boots transitive verb 1 : to put boots on 2 a : kick b : to eject or discharge summarily —often used with out was booted out of office 3 : to make an error on (a grounder in baseball) broadly : botch 4 : to ride (a horse) in a race booted home three winners 5 a : to load (a program) into a computer from a disk b : to start or ready for use especially by booting a program boot a computer —often used with up intransitive verb 1 : to become loaded into a computer's memory from a disk the program boots automatically 2 : to become ready for use especially by booting a program the computer boots quickly —often used with up bootable ˈbü-tə-bəl adjective boot 5 of 5 noun (3) archaic : booty, plunder Phrases to boot : besides Synonyms Noun (2) bang charge exhilaration frisson jollies kick rush thrill titillation wallop Verb (2) blow bobble boggle bollix (up) botch bugger (up) bumble bungle butcher dub flub fluff foozle foul up fumble goof (up) louse up mangle mess (up) muck up muff murder screw up See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History Etymology Noun (1) Middle English bot, bote "advantage, good, relief, deliverance, redemption, amends, cure," Old English bōt "a making good, repair, relief, deliverance, remedy, improvement, atonement, penance, compensation," going back to Germanic botō "improvement" — more at better entry 1 Note: Though its Old and Middle English predecessors were common nouns with numerous senses, boot* now occurs rarely outside of the idiom to boot. This phrase is attested in the sense "to the advantage (of someone)" in Middle English ("to youre bote") and hence was generalized to "as an extra thing, into the bargain" and then "in addition, moreover." Verb (1) Middle English boten "to cure, relieve, add to equalize the value of things exchanged, be of use, avail," probably in part derivative of bot, bote "advantage, good, relief," in part going back to Old English botian "to recover from ill health, keep in repair," derivative of bōt "a making good, repair, relief" — more at boot entry 1 Noun (2) (senses 1-8) Middle English bote, bot, boot, borrowed from Anglo-French bote (also continental Old French bote, botte), of uncertain origin; (sense 9) noun derivative of boot entry 4, sense 5 Note: The French word is traced to a putative Germanic base butt- "blunt" in Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch,* along with a diverse group of phonetically similar words, but both the semantic and phonetic assumptions are questionable. Verb (2) (senses 1-4) Middle English boten "to put boots on," derivative of bote, bot boot entry 3; (sense 5) short for bootstrap in sense "to perform a bootstrap operation," derivative of bootstrap entry 2 Noun (3) shortened from booty entry 1, perhaps by association with boot entry 1 First Known Use Noun (1) before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb (1) 15th century, in the meaning defined above Noun (2) 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb (2) 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Noun (3) 1598, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing boot boot camp the boot is on the other foot rubber boot hip boot hobnail boot Denver boot gum boot top boot cowboy boot half boot ski boot car boot sale jump boot Hessian boot to put the boot in to boot See More boot camp the boot is on the other foot rubber boot hip boot hobnail boot Denver boot gum boot top boot cowboy boot half boot ski boot car boot sale jump boot Hessian boot to put the boot in to boot See More Kids Definition boot 1 of 2 noun ˈbüt : a covering usually of leather or rubber for the foot and part of the leg boot 2 of 2 verb booted; booting : kick entry 1 sense 1 Legal Definition boot noun : additional money or property received to make up the difference in an exchange of business or investment property that is of like kind but unequal in value Note: Under Internal Revenue Code section 1031, no tax liability results from an exchange solely of like-kind property used in a business or trade or held for investment. If the exchange includes boot, however, under section 1245 the boot will be treated as ordinary income. History and Etymology for boot obsolete or dialect boot compensation, from Old English bōt advantage, compensation booting verb present participle of boot as in fumbling to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way he booted the answer of what should have been an easy question Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance fumbling blowing murdering muffing dubbing botching ruining destroying mangling bungling butchering bobbling flubbing fluffing spoiling mucking up screwing up fouling up wrecking damaging marring bumbling injuring lousing up boggling impairing mutilating foozling blundering buggering (up) bollixing (up) hurting muddling goofing (up) harming flawing blighting blemishing messing (up) mismanaging gumming (up) mishandling piffling vitiating Antonyms & Near Antonyms improving reforming helping remedying rectifying enhancing repairing ameliorating refining fixing patching meliorating doctoring revamping bettering renovating reconditioning See More
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boot

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verb (1)

noun (2)

verb (2)

noun (3)

Synonyms

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Phrases Containing boot

Kids Definition

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