boot¹ /boot/

1. A covering for the foot and at least the ankle, often the calf or even higher up the leg, made of leather, rubber, etc
2. A compartment in a motor car for luggage, etc
3. A kick (informal)
4. The operation of booting a computer
5. A Denver boot (US)
6. An instrument of torture for the leg (Scot hist)
7. A box or receptacle in a coach (obsolete)

1. To put boots on
2. To kick
3. To turn out, dismiss (with out; informal)
4. To start up the initial programs on (a computer), to bootstrap, usu by transferring the disk-operating-system program from its storage on the disk into the computer's working memory (often with up)
5. To attach a Denver boot to (US)

bootˈable adjective

Having the necessary software to boot a computer

bootˈed adjective

1. Having boots on, equipped for riding
2. (of birds, esp poultry) having feathered legs

bootee /booˈtē or -tēˈ/ noun

1. A short boot
2. An infant's knitted boot (also bootˈie)
3. /booˈtē/ a Royal Marine (milit sl)

bootˈikin noun (obsolete)

1. The boot for torture (Scot)
2. A boot or mitten for the gouty
3. An infant's legging

boots noun (old)

A hotel servant who cleans boots, runs messages, etc

bootˈblack noun

1. A person whose job is to clean and polish shoes
2. A shoeblack

boot boy same as bovver boy (see under bovver).

boot camp noun (slang, orig N American)

1. A training centre for military recruits
2. A place for punishing and reforming young offenders

bootˈ-catcher noun

An inn servant who helped to pull off guests' boots

bootˈcut adjective

Of trousers, cut wide at the hem to allow for high heels or boots

bootˈ-faced adjective

With an unsmiling, expressionless face

bootˈ-hook noun

An instrument for pulling on long boots

bootˈhose noun (pl bootˈhose) (Shakespeare)

A long over-stocking which covers the leg like a boot

bootˈ-jack noun

A device for pulling off boots

bootˈlace noun

A lace for fastening boots

bootlace fungus noun

Honey fungus

bootlace tie noun

A very thin stringlike necktie

bootˈlast or bootˈ-tree noun

The last or foot-like mould on which boots or shoes are made or stretched to keep their shape

bootˈleg noun

The leg of a high boot

transitive verb and intransitive verb

1. To smuggle (alcoholic drink)
2. To make or deal in (illicit goods such as alcoholic drink or illegally made recordings)

adjective

Made or sold illicitly

bootˈlegger noun

bootˈlegging noun

bootˈless adjective

Without boots

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