1. Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
   "She put on her hiking boots before hitting the trail"
    
2. Protective casing for something that resembles a leg
   "The mechanic replaced the torn rubber boot on the car's CV joint"
    
3. [informal] The act of delivering a blow with the foot
   "he gave the ball a powerful boot";
   - kick, kicking
    
4. [Brit] Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage, shopping or tools
   "he put his golf bag in the boot";
   - luggage compartment [Brit], automobile trunk [N. Amer], trunk [N. Amer], dicky [Asia, informal], dickey [Asia, informal]
    
5. [archaic] An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg
   "The prisoner was threatened with the iron boot during interrogation"; "Medieval dungeons often contained the boot among their instruments of torture";
   - the boot [archaic], iron boot [archaic]

1. Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes
   "boot your computer";
   - reboot, bring up
    
2. Kick; give a boot to
   "The angry mule booted the farmer"
    
3. (computing) start a computer, reloading all software ready for use
   "It takes a few minutes to boot my old laptop";
   - boot up, bootstrap, start up

Derived forms: boots, booted, booting

See also: oust

Type of: blow, case, casing, compartment, footgear, footwear, instrument of torture, kick, resuscitate, revive, shell

Part of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Boot, Kapurthala