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English noun: boot | |||
| 1. | boot (artifact) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | footgear, footwear | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buskin, combat boot, cowboy boot, desert boot, gum boot, half boot, hessian, Hessian boot, hip boot, jackboot, riding boot, rubber boot, ski boot, thigh boot, top boot, Wellington, Wellington boot | ||
| Part holonym | bootlace, bootleg, collar, counter, eyehole, eyelet, gad, heel, heel counter, innersole, insole, instep, outsole, shoe collar, spur, toe box, toecap, tongue, upper | ||
| 2. | boot (artifact) British term for the luggage compartment in a car | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | automobile trunk, luggage compartment, trunk | ||
| Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| 3. | boot (feeling) the swift release of a store of affective force | ||
| Samples | They got a great bang out of it. What a boot!. He got a quick rush from injecting heroin. He does it for kicks. | ||
| Synonyms | bang, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | excitement, exhilaration | ||
| 4. | boot (artifact) protective casing for something that resembles a leg | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | case, casing, shell | ||
| 5. | boot (artifact) an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg | ||
| Synonyms | iron boot, iron heel, the boot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instrument of torture | ||
| 6. | boot (act) a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | torture, torturing | ||
| 7. | boot (act) the act of delivering a blow with the foot | ||
| Samples | He gave the ball a powerful kick. The team's kicking was excellent. | ||
| Synonyms | kick, kicking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blow | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dropkick, goal-kick, goal-kick, place kick, place-kicking, punt, punting | ||
English verb: boot | |||
| 1. | boot (contact) kick; give a boot to | ||
| Examples | They want to boot the prisoners | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kick | ||
| 2. | boot (body) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes | ||
| Samples | Boot your computer. | ||
| Synonyms | bring up, reboot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | resuscitate, revive | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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