Meaning

30 senses

  1. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.

    footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg

  2. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg.

    A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but still called the same).

    Stiefel

    бу́тсаru, боти́нокbotínok, башма́кbašmák

    чо́бітčóbit, череви́кčerevýk

  3. (uncountable)A blow with the foot; a kick.

    the act of delivering a blow with the foot

  4. 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.

  5. (figuratively, with definite article)Oppression, an oppressor.

  6. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot.

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

  7. (US)A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.

  8. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup; a deicing boot.

  9. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK)The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car.

    compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools

  10. (informal, with definite article)The act or process of removing or firing someone (dismissing them from a job or other post).

    He was useless so he got the boot.

  11. (UK, slang)An unattractive person, ugly woman.

    old boot

  12. (US, slang)A recently arrived recruit; a rookie.

Examples

551 sentences

  1. I bought a pair of boots.

    Я купив пару чобіт. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ купил пару ботинок. — GranD

    deIch kaufte ein Paar Stiefel. — MUIRIEL

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  2. My computer no longer boots up.

    Мій комп'ютер більше не завантажується. — deniko

    deMein Rechner fährt nicht mehr hoch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I would like to purchase some boots.

    Я хотів би придбати черевики. — deniko

    ruЯ хотел бы купить какие-нибудь ботинки. — Lenin_1917

    deIch möchte gerne Stiefel kaufen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Where did you take your boots off?

    Де ти зняв чоботи? — deniko

    ruГде ты снял ботинки? — odexed

    deWo hast du deine Stiefel ausgezogen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Take off your boots.

    Зніми черевики. — deniko

    ruСними свои сапоги! — Fin

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
heavy shoe that covers part of the leg:
Русский
By meaning 2
heavy shoe that covers part of the leg:
the act or process of bootstrapping:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
heavy shoe that covers part of the leg:
the act or process of bootstrapping:

Origin

From Middle English boote, bote (“shoe”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”). Of

From Middle English boote, bote (“shoe”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”). Of obscure origin, but probably related to Old French bot (“club-foot”), bot (“fat, short, blunt”), from Old Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewt-, *bʰewd- (“to strike, push, shock”); if so, a doublet of butt. Compare Old Norse butt (“stump”), Low German butt (“blunt, plump”), Old English bytt (“small piece of land”), buttuc (“end”). More at buttock and debut.

From Middle English boote, bote, bot, from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“atonement, improvement”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”).

Clipping of bootstrap.

From bootleg (“to make or sell illegally”), by shortening.

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Forms

plural: boots
Singularboot

uncountable

Synonyms

23 synonyms
blow with foot:kickA1
end of bread:heelB1outsiderB2buttender
car storage:trunkB2dicky
parking enforcement device:wheel clamp
sacked, dismissed:firinglayoff
shoe:buskinmukluk
Close in meaning
  • an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg:the bootiron bootiron heel
  • the act of delivering a blow with the foot:kickkicking
  • the swift release of a store of affective force:bangchargerushflushthrillkick
  • compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools:luggage compartmentautomobile trunktrunk

Word family

141 related words
Derivedankle bootarmy bootballet bootbootblackboot boardbootboyboot boyboot campboot catcherboot closerboot crimpboot cutboot cutsbooteeboot fairbootfulboot-greasebootheelboothookboothosebootikinboot jackbootjackboot knife

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • boots boots
  • of boots boots
  • wear boots boots
  • pair of boots
  • his boots boots
  • your boots boots
  • boots boots are
  • ski boots boots
  • cowboy boots boots
  • these boots boots
  • hiking boots boots
  • my boots boots

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
boostB2boosterboothB2bootlacebootleg

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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