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/bo͞ot/,
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booted, past participle; boots, 3rd person singular present; booting, present participle; booted, past tense;
  1. Place boots on (oneself, another person, or an animal)
    • - thin, booted legs
  2. Kick (something) hard in a specified direction
    • - he ended up booting the ball into the stands
  3. (in an athletic contest) Misplay (a ball); mishandle (a play)
    • - the usually dependable infielder booted the ball
  4. Force someone to leave a vehicle unceremoniously
    • - the driver booted two teenagers off the bus
  5. Force someone to leave a place, institution, or job unceremoniously
    • - she had been booted out of school
  6. Start (a computer) and put it into a state of readiness for operation
    • - the menu will be ready as soon as you boot up your computer
    • - the system won't boot from the original drive
  7. Place a Denver boot on (an illegally parked car)

  1. (boot) kick; give a boot to
  2. (boot) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
  3. (boot) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"
  4. (boot) British term for the luggage compartment in a car
  5. (boot) bang: 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"
  6. (boot) protective casing for something that resembles a leg
  7. In computing, booting (also known as "booting up") is a bootstrapping process that starts operating systems when the user turns on a computer system. A boot sequence is the initial set of operations that the computer performs when power is switched on. ...
  8. (/boot/) In Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems, the /boot/ file directory holds files used in booting Linux. The usage is standardized in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard.
  9. (BOOT) Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) is a form of project financing, wherein a private entity receives a concession from the private or public sector to finance, design, construct, and operate a facility stated in the concession contract. ...
  10. (Boot (car)) The trunk or boot of an automobile or car is the vehicle's main storage, luggage, or cargo compartment. Trunk is used in North American English and Jamaican English; boot is used elsewhere in the English speaking world. ...
  11. (Boot (magazine)) Maximum PC, formerly known as boot, is an American magazine and web site published by Future US. It focuses on cutting-edge PC hardware, with an emphasis on product reviews, step-by-step tutorials, and in-depth technical briefs. ...
  12. (Boot (Messe)) The Düsseldorf International Boat Show (Internationale Bootsausstellung Düsseldorf), more commonly known as boot Düsseldorf or just boot (boot meaning boat in English), is the world's leading trade fair for yachts and water sports.
  13. (boot) A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg; A blow with the foot; a kick; A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc; A torture device used on the feet or legs, ...
  14. To "boot" is to start a computer; usually the process is called rebooting. Often, after you install some new software on your computer, you are asked to "reboot," i.e. shut down and restart your computer.
  15. (BOOT) A bellows type covering to exclude dust, dirt, moisture, etc., from a flexible joint.
  16. (Boot) In an exchange of real property, any consideration received other than real property is boot. The amount of gain recognized is always limited to the gain realized or boot, whichever is the smaller amount. ...
  17. (Boot) Property the taxpayer receives in the exchange which does not qualify as "like-kind property". Cash proceeds are the most common form of boot. Boot is subject to taxation.
  18. (Boot) To switch on a computer. If the machine is re-started whilst running, this is called ‘re-booting’.
  19. (Boot) Something given in addition to. Generally used in exchange to refer to something given other than the major properties to be exchanged, in order to equalize value.
  20. (Boot) Money or property given to equalize an exchange of dissimilar properties.
  21. (Boot) A term used to describe what happens to a computer when it is turned on, the operating system begins to run, and then the user is able to use the computer successfully.
  22. (Boot) To start up your computer.  Because the computer gets itself up and going from an inert state, it could be said to lift itself up "by its own bootstraps" -- this is where the term 'boot' originates.
  23. (Boot) A piece of material preformed to protect roof penetrations from dirt, moisture and other foreign and/or damaging substances.
  24. (Boot) Profit gained in exchange of properties on which income tax is not deferred. May be anything of value, which includes Loan relief.
  25. (Boot) Starting up an operating system. If the computer is already running, it is called rebooting.