boot

Everyday

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 →

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 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.

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 →

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».