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 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
- 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
- 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.
- Each person has two feet and two hands, so each person wears a pair: 2 shoes, 2 boots, 2 gloves.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «boot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.