boot
part of speech
noun (a boot, boots); verb (boot, boots, booted, booting)
meaning for a pupil
1) A boot is a strong shoe that covers your foot and ankle and sometimes part of your leg. tree →
2) In British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English, the boot of a car is the space at the back for luggage (in the USA, the «trunk»). tree →
3) To boot something is to kick it hard. tree →
4) To boot or boot up a computer is to start it. tree →
5) To boot someone out is to make them leave. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A soldier's heavy shoe worn in battle. Isaiah says such boots will be burned when war ends. Interpretation: Read as a picture of the age of peace, when the tools of war are destroyed. In the primary lessons: In everyday life you wear rain boots (wellies, gumboots) in mud and snow boots in winter; football boots (soccer cleats in the USA) for sport; safety boots on building sites. In computing, «boot» means start the computer. Phrases: «a pair of boots», «put your boots on», «wellington boots/wellies», «gumboots», «boot up», «get the boot» (be dismissed), «to boot» (as well).
examples
- For every boot stamped with fierceness, and every cloak rolled in blood, shall even be for burning, for fuel of fire. (Prophets ISA.9.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Put your boots on; it's muddy outside. tree →
- I need new football boots. tree →
- Put the shopping in the boot of the car. tree →
- In New Zealand we call rain boots gumboots. tree →
- He booted the ball over the fence. tree →
- Wait for the computer to boot up. tree →
- Cowboys wear boots with heels. tree →
- The dog chewed my left boot. tree →
- I have not got my boots! tree →
note
Plural boots; usually «a pair of boots». Car part: boot (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) = trunk (USA, Canada). «Bonnet» (UK) = «hood» (USA) for the front. Do not confuse with «boat» or «booth».
In the corpora
- For every boot stamped with fierceness, and every cloak rolled in blood, shall even be for burning, for fuel of fire.
- The boots weren't worth all that shouting."
- The Man throws his boots and axe, and the Dog chases the Cat up a tree.
- Being wet makes you cold quickly, so a waterproof coat and boots are worn on rainy days.
- Things bought from strangers, like at a car boot sale, are hard to return, so test them first.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «boot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.