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Definition of "boot" []
- Protective footgear, as of leather or rubber, covering the foot and part or all of the leg. (noun)
- A protective covering, especially a sheath to enclose the base of a floor-mounted gear shift lever in a car or truck. (noun)
- Chiefly British An automobile trunk. (noun)
- A kick. (noun)
- Slang An unceremonious dismissal, as from a job. Used with the. (noun)
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Use "boot" in a sentence
- "IV. iv.651 (360,7) [boot] that is, _something over and above_, or, as we now say, _something to boot_."
- "BUT if Disk A is in the system, OSX will boot from Disk B as the ** boot** disk, but then it'll still make Disk A the ** root** disk, meaning if you do a df - k/, or diskutil info/, you will notice Disk A is mounted as "/"!"
- "The entry in the menu letting you boot to one or the other is in c: \boot. ini."