boot

🇺🇸 /buːt/ 🇬🇧 /buːt/
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Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-A2
noun
A1

A strong shoe that covers the foot and ankle, and sometimes the lower leg.

She put on her warm winter boot to go outside.

R

The storage space at the back of a car for bags and other items.

We put our luggage in the car boot.

R

A hard kick with the foot.

He gave the ball a strong boot down the field.

R

A device attached to a car wheel to prevent it from being driven away, usually for illegal parking.

The police put a boot on the illegally parked car.

verb
R

To kick something hard with your foot.

He booted the ball into the goal.

R

To start a computer by loading its operating system.

I need to boot my computer to check my email.

R

To attach a device to a car wheel to prevent it from being driven away, usually for illegal parking.

The officer booted the car because it was parked in a no-parking zone.

translation

n. A strong shoe that covers the foot and ankle, and sometimes the lower leg.; The storage space at the back of a car for bags and other items.; A hard kick with the foot.; A device attached to a car wheel to prevent it from being driven away, usually for illegal parking.
v. To kick something hard with your foot.; To start a computer by loading its operating system.; To attach a device to a car wheel to prevent it from being driven away, usually for illegal parking.

Word Forms

Plural boots
Progressive booting
Past booted
Perfect booted
3rd Present boots