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# boot

«boot» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong shoe that covers your foot and ankle and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a boot, boots); verb (boot, boots, booted, booting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A boot is a strong shoe that covers your foot and ankle and sometimes part of your leg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#m1)

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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#m2)

3) To boot something is to kick it hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#m3)

4) To boot or boot up a computer is to start it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#m4)

5) To boot someone out is to make them leave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#m5)

### sense 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#x1)
- I need new football boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#x2)
- Put the shopping in the boot of the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#x3)
- In New Zealand we call rain boots gumboots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#x4)
- He booted the ball over the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#x5)
- Wait for the computer to boot up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#x6)
- Cowboys wear boots with heels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#x7)
- The dog chewed my left boot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#x8)
- I have not got my boots! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/#x9)

### 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 the corpora

- [The boots weren't worth all that shouting."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/5/)
- [The Man throws his boots and axe, and the Dog chases the Cat up a tree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/95-justso-cat-3-the-cat-walks-by-himself/11/)
- [Being wet makes you cold quickly, so a waterproof coat and boots are worn on rainy days.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/14/)
- [Things bought from strangers, like at a car boot sale, are hard to return, so test them first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/42/)
- [Each person has two feet and two hands, so each person wears a pair: 2 shoes, 2 boots, 2 gloves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/213-a-pair-for-each-person/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «boot» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/boot/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.