1. Wearing boots
   "They bowed when the booted squire entered the castle"

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

See also: oust, shod, shodden, shoed

Type of: kick, resuscitate, revive

Encyclopedia: Booted