Boot (Verb)
Meaning 1
Kick; give a boot to.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The mule kicked hard and gave a strong boot to the farmer's chest.
- The angry woman gave her cheating husband a swift boot out the door.
- The rider gave the exhausted horse a boot to urge it to run faster.
- He gave the heavy trunk a boot with all his might to move it forward.
- The officer gave the troublemaker a firm boot in the back of his pants.
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Meaning 2
Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- Boot your computer and wait for the operating system to load.
- You will need to boot the server to apply the software updates.
- Before you can access the files, boot the laptop and enter your password.
- Can you boot the main computer system to test the network connection.
- After replacing the faulty component, we should be able to boot the machine successfully.