1 a type of shoe that covers all of your foot and part of your leg. You often wear boots to protect your feet and legs, for example from snow or rainwalking/hiking/riding/ski boots: a new pair of ski [..]

A style of footwear extending to the height of the anklebone and above.  May extend as high as the thigh.

"start up a computer," 1975, from bootstrap (v.), a 1958 derived verb from bootstrap (n.) in the computer sense.

"to kick," 1877, American English, from boot (n.1). Generalized sense of "eject, kick out" is from 1880. Related: Booted; booting.

"profit, use," Old English bot "help, relief, advantage; atonement," literally "a making better," from Proto-Germanic *boto (see better (adj.)). Compare German Buße " [..]

footwear, early 14c., from Old French bote "boot" (12c.), with corresponding words in Provençal and Spanish, of unknown origin, perhaps from a Germanic source. Originally for riding boots on [..]

To start up a computer. Cold boot means restarting computer after the power is turned off. Warm boot means restarting computer without turning off the power.

Full-coverage footwear that extends to the ankle at minimum, and may go as high as the wearer's thigh.

Footwear, the leg of which extends above the ankle joint.

See Build, Own, Operate, Transfer

A computer's startup operation.

In a 1031 exchange, any property, liabilities, or money received that does not qualify for the exchange and is taxed. For example, if a taxpayer sells a relinquished property with a $100,000 gain and [..]

trunk (of a car...)

A tire patch. Place it between the tube and tire to cover a gash in the tire's casing that otherwise would not contain the tube. Almost anything can be used as a boot, even paper money and roadsi [..]

footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg kick; give a boot to cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer" British term [..]

(1) (IEEE) To initialize a computer system by clearing memory and reloading the operating system. (2) To cause a computer system to reach a known beginning state. A boot program, in firmware, typicall [..]

A bulge in the upper leaf sheath caused by the expansion of the developing panicle.

Any shoe that comes above the ankle. Boots can be formal or casual, and are often quite utilitarian in their design and are associated with certain trades or leisure activites -- such as steel-toe construction boots, or motorcycle boots.

Any type of footwear that extends over the ankle.

a shoe that covers part of the leg as well as the foot

[techspeak; from `by one's bootstraps'] v.,n. To load and initialize the operating system on a machine. This usage is no longer jargon (having passed into techspeak) but has given rise to so [..]

Someone new to the military, usually in Boot Camp. Or someone just new in the unit.

A recruit in boot camp.

Looey

  help, use.

  advantage.

To boot (or re-boot) is to load and initialise the operating system on a computer. Think of it as starting up your computer. In Windows you can use the key combination CTRL and ALT and DEL as a "soft" boot. This means restarting the computer rather than turning it completely off and on again, which could cause damage to your computer' [..]

(v.) To load the first piece of software that starts a computer. Because the operating system is essential for running all other programs, it is usually the first piece of software loaded during the b [..]

Afrikaans word for "boat, barge, ship."

A tire patch. Place it between the tube and tire to cover a gash in the tire's casing that otherwise would not contain the tube. Almost anything can be used as a boot, even paper money and roadsi [..]

shtivl

1. A protective device used on the buttstock of a firearm during test firing 2.A type of recoil pad.

In computing, a slang term borrowed from the expression "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps," meaning to start a computer, causing the files in its operating system to automatically [..]

A temporary patch to cover a large hole or cut in a tire. A boot does not need to be air-tight, but needs to be sufficiently strong and stiff to prevent the inner tube from bulging through the hole in [..]

Noun. 1. An unattractive person. 2. As the boot, meaning the 'sack', termination of employment. See 'give one the boot.'

[obsolete or dialect boot compensation, from Old English bōt advantage, compensation] : additional money or property received to make up the difference in an exchange of business or investment ...

Starting or restarting a computer. "Cold boot" refers to starting the computer from when it is first turned on. "Warm boot" is restarting a pc without powering down [..]

(verb) To start up a computer by loading the operating system into memory. The computer is regarded as bootstrapping itself into operation, i.e. picking itself up by its own bootstraps. The adjective [..]

(1) Protective covering over a cable wire, or connector in addition to the normal jacketing or insulation. (2) A form placed around wire termination of a multiple-contact connector to contain the liquid potting compound before it hardens.

The non technical term used by some to describe any cash or other property that is received in exchange of property that would be otherwise nontaxable.

Boot is anything of value that has been included in a trade to even up the transaction. A vehicle trade-in is the most common example: The trade isn't even unless you turn in the used vehicle plu [..]

To load system software. A computer boots up when you turn it on. You "reboot" the computer when you restart it.

In Old English law, boot means something extra given into the bargain. In terms of commercial law, boot refers to an additional amount given to make up the difference in an exchange that is of a simil [..]

Boot - to start a device and cause it to start executing instructions.

Starting up an OS is booting it. If the computer is already running, it is more often called rebooting.

The process by which your computer starts. This includes the loading of the BIOS, and the initial startup of your operating system.

(n) footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg(n) British term for the luggage compartment in a car(n) the swift release of a store of affective force(n) protective casing for something that re [..]

To start up or reset a computer. When a computer is booted, a bootstrap routine is automatically executed that looks for and loads the operating system. A cold boot is when the computer is powered up from an off state. A warm boot occurs when an already turned on computer is rebooted.

Usually used to mean "start up the computer". Literally, the process of loading up the operating system and getting the computer ready for use. See Reboot. A "boot password" is a password you have to give to start up the computer.

Usually used to mean "start up the computer". Literally, the process of loading up the operating system and getting the computer ready for use. See Reboot. A "boot password&quot [..]

I will give you that to boot, i.e. in addition. The Anglo-Saxon boot or bt means “compensation.” (Gothic, bôta, profit.)

To switch on a computer. If the machine is re-started whilst running, this is called ‘re-booting’.

to start up a computer. During the boot process, the computer loads the operating system and may also begin running one or more application programs. boot drive:

 a small piece of material used inside a tire to cover a cut in the tread or sidewall. Without it, the tube will push through and blow out.

Folding top storage area (convertible).

  Starting up a PC or server. Verbal shorthand for 'Kick it 'til it wakes up'. The origin of this (strange) term is the recognition that booting or, system start up, is a process requiring a piece of 'bootstrap' code in the BIOS of the computer, which starts the loadup of the operating system. *** The Information Security G [..]

Build-Own-Operate-Transfer. In this, the project is transferred back to the party granting the concession. The transfer may be for value or at no cost. See also constituent documents.

(Br.) the trunk

 To boot a computer is to turn it on. Once the computer's power is turned on, the "boot process" takes place. This process involves loading the startup instructions from the computer's ROM, followed by loading the operating system from the current boot disk.   

A tire patch. Place it between the tube and tire to cover a gash in the tire's casing that otherwise would not contain the tube. Almost anything can be used as a boot, even paper money and roadside trash.

place in a coach where luggage was kept.

Rookie or newbie. Short for "Boot Camp".

  Slang for recruit.    

rookie or newbie; usually applied to enlisted men, but often heard as boot Ensign. Originated in the habit of referring to a new man as 'bootcamp,' rather than by name.

A brand new Marine, or "Boot Mistake" is like saying a "Rookie Mistake"

slang for recruit.

Rookie or newbie, as in 'boot Ensign.' Originated in the practice of referring to a new man as 'bootcamp,' rather than by name.

a wrapping or sheathing around the mast at the partners in order to keep water from going below

As on the surface ships, a recruit.

n. 1. That part of an automobile which is at the other end from the BONNET. Some countries refer to it as the trunk.

to help, to avail

help, use

A fitting that connects round to rectangular sheet metal or fabricated duct systems.

When a computer is switched on it is said to `boot up'. This term comes from the phrase, `Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.' Before a computer is ready to be used, it must load the pro [..]

A cold, northerly wind blowing from the Hungarian basin into the Adriatic Sea. See also FALL WIND.

an error by a fielder where instead of gathering the ball at his feet he accidentally kicks it away or knocks it away with the heel of his glove.

Build, Own, Operate and Transfer

The start-up sequence of a computer.

A tall section of large-size pipe used as a surge column on a vessel.

A tire patch. Place it between the tube and tire to cover a gash in the tire's casing that otherwise would not contain the tube. Almost anything can be used as a boot, even paper money and roadsi [..]

A protective covering or coating over the interface between a cable and assembled connector.

A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A blow with the foot; a kick. (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a s [..]

boat * '''1897''', , ''Die Gartenlaube'', vol. 10, p. 164: *:is taken toorto be baptized; in a boat the schoolchild goes to school; and on the friendly green waves of theone is carried t [..]