Boot

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Boot, n. [OE. bot, bote, advantage, amends, cure, AS. b; akin to Icel. b, Sw. bot, Dan. bod, Goth. b, D. boete, G. busse; prop., a making good or better, from the root of E. better, adj.

•  Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.  [1913 Webster]

  "He gaf the sike man his boote."  [1913 Webster]

  "Thou art boot for many a bruise
  And healest many a wound."  [1913 Webster]

  "Next her Son, our soul's best boot."  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.  [1913 Webster]

  "I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one."  [1913 Webster]
•  Profit; gain; advantage; use.  [1913 Webster]

  "Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot."  [1913 Webster]

  "Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot."  [1913 Webster]

  "A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to boot."  [1913 Webster]

To boot, in addition; over and above; besides; as a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered.

Boot, v. t. 

•  To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?  [1913 Webster]

  "What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them?"  [1913 Webster]

  "What subdued
  To change like this a mind so far imbued
  With scorn of man, it little boots to know."  [1913 Webster]

  "What boots to us your victories?"  [1913 Webster]
•  To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.  [1913 Webster]

  "And I will boot thee with what gift beside
  Thy modesty can beg."  [1913 Webster]

Boot, n. [OE. bote, OF. bote, F. botte, LL. botta; of uncertain origin.].

•  A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.  [1913 Webster]
•  An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.  [1913 Webster]

  "So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg."  [1913 Webster]
•  A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.  [1913 Webster]
•  A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.  [1913 Webster]
•  An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.  [1913 Webster]
•  The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.  [1913 Webster]

Boot catcher, the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] Swift. -- Boot closer, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. -- Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot. -- Boot hook, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots. -- Boots and saddles (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill. -- Sly boots. See Slyboots, in the Vocabulary.

Boot, v. t. 

•  To put boots on, esp. for riding.  [1913 Webster]

  "Coated and booted for it."  [1913 Webster]
•  To punish by kicking with a booted foot.  [1913 Webster]

Boot, v. i. 

 To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.  [1913 Webster]

Boot, n. 

 Booty; spoil.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Boot, n. & v.
--n.
1 an outer covering for the foot, esp. of leather, reaching above the ankle, often to the knee.
2 Brit. the luggage compartment of a motor car, usu. at the rear.
3 colloq. a firm kick.
4 (prec. by the) colloq. dismissal, esp. from employment (gave them the boot).
5 a covering to protect the lower part of a horse's leg.
6 hist. an instrument of torture encasing and crushing the foot.
--v.tr.
1 kick, esp. hard.
2 (often foll. by out) dismiss (a person) forcefully.
3 (usu. foll. by up) put (a computer) in a state of readiness (cf. BOOTSTRAP 2).

Idiom

the boot is on the other foot (or leg) the truth or responsibility is the other way round. die with one's boots on (of a soldier etc.) die fighting. put the boot in
1 kick brutally.
2 act decisively against a person. you bet your boots sl. it is quite certain.

Derivative

booted adj.

Boot, n.

Idiom

to boot as well; to the good; in addition.

Etymology

orig. = 'advantage': OE bot f. Gmc

THESAURUS

Boot

Naval Reservist, Procrustean bed, Royal Marine, Seabee, abecedarian, additionally, alphabetarian, also, apprentice, articled clerk, as well, avail, bang, bed of Procrustes, beginner, besides, bloomer, blooper, blow, bluejacket, bobble, bonehead play, boner, bonnet, boo-boo, boob stunt, booting out, boots, bounce, break, breech, bump, bust, cadet, calcitration, can, cap, cashier, cashiering, catechumen, charge, chaussure, cloak, clodhoppers, coat, coif, colt, conge, conscript, debutant, defenestration, defrock, degrade, demote, deplume, deposal, depose, deprive, detrusion, disbar, discharge, disemploy, disemployment, dismiss, dismissal, displace, displacing, displume, draft, drafted man, draftee, drop a brick, drop kick, drop the ball, drum out, drumming out, duff, dumb trick, eject, ejection, ejectment, enlistee, enrollee, entrant, expel, expulsion, extrusion, fire, firing, fledgling, fluff, flush, fool mistake, footgear, footwear, foozle, forced separation, foul up, foul-up, freshman, frock, frogman, furlough, furloughing, give the ax, give the gate, gob, goof, gown, greenhorn, gunboats, hat, help, hood, horse marine, howler, ignoramus, in addition, inductee, initiate, into the bargain, iron heel, jacket, jettison, jollies, jolly, kick, kick upstairs, kicking, kicking downstairs, knee, lay off, layoff, let go, let out, levy, lift, louse up, louse-up, make redundant, mantle, marine, midshipman, midshipmite, moreover, muck up, muck-up, naval cadet, navy man, neophyte, novice, novitiate, obtrusion, ouster, ousting, pattens, pension off, pink slip, place kick, postulant, pratfall, probationer, probationist, profit, propel, pull a boner, punt, push, quiver, rack, raw recruit, read out of, recruit, rejection, release, removal, remove, replace, retire, retirement, rookie, rush, rush of emotion, sabots, sack, scarpines, screamer, screw, screw up, screw-up, selectee, sensation, separate forcibly, shirt, shiver, shoe, shoes, shove, shudder, sock, stocking, strip, superannuate, surge of emotion, surplus, surplusing, suspend, suspension, swabbie, tenderfoot, the ax, the boot, the bounce, the gate, the sack, thrill, throwing out, thumbscrew, ticket, tingle, tingling, titillation, to boot, too, trainee, tremor, tremor of excitement, turn off, turn out, tyro, unfrock, walking papers, wallop, wheel, wooden shoes

ROGET THESAURUS

Boot

Good

N good, benefit, advantage, improvement, greatest good, supreme good, interest, service, behoof, behalf, weal, main chance, summum bonum, common weal, consummation devoutly to be wished, gain, boot, profit, harvest, boon, good turn, blessing, world of good, piece of good luck, piece of good fortune, nuts, prize, windfall, godsend, waif, treasure-trove, good fortune, happiness, goodness, utility, remedy, pleasure giving, commendable, useful, good, beneficial, well, aright, satisfactorily, favorably, not amis, all for the best, to one's advantage, in one's favor, in one's interest, so far so good, magnum bonum.

Importance

VB be important, be somebody, be something, import, signify, matter, boot, be an object, carry weight, make a figure, be in the ascendant, come to the front, lead the way, take the lead, play first fiddle, throw all else into the shade, lie at the root of, deserve notice, merit notice, be worthy of notice, be worthy of regard, be worthy of consideration, attach importance to, ascribe importance to, give importance to, value, care for, set store upon, set store by, mark, mark with a white stone, underline, write in italics, put in italics, print in italics, print in capitals, print in large letters, put in large type, put in letters, of gold, accentuate, emphasize, lay stress on, make a fuss about, make a fuss over, make a stir about, make a piece of work about, make much ado about, make much ado of, make much of.

Scourge

N scourge, rod, cane, stick, ratan, rattan, birch, birch rod, azote, blacksnake, bullwhack, chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok, rod in pickle, switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon, whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout, cat, cat o'nine tails, rope's end, pillory, stocks, whipping post, cucking stool, ducking stool, brank, trebuchet, trebuket, triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel, chinese water torture, treadmill, crank, galleys, scaffold, block, ax, guillotine, stake, cross, gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring, death chair, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, firing squad, mecate, house of correction, goaler, jailer, executioner, electrocutioner, lyncher, hangman, headsman, Jack Ketch.

Receptacle

N receptacle, inclosure, recipient, receiver, reservatory, compartment, cell, cellule, follicle, hole, corner, niche, recess, nook, crypt, stall, pigeonhole, cove, oriel, cave, capsule, vesicle, cyst, pod, calyx, cancelli, utricle, bladder, pericarp, udder, stomach, paunch, venter, ventricle, crop, craw, maw, gizzard, breadbasket, mouth, pocket, pouch, fob, sheath, scabbard, socket, bag, sac, sack, saccule, wallet, cardcase, scrip, poke, knit, knapsack, haversack, sachel, satchel, reticule, budget, net, ditty bag, ditty box, housewife, hussif, saddlebags, portfolio, quiver, chest, box, coffer, caddy, case, casket, pyx, pix, caisson, desk, bureau, reliquary, trunk, portmanteau, band-box, valise, grip, grip sack, skippet, vasculum, boot, imperial, vache, cage, manger, rack, vessel, vase, bushel, barrel, canister, jar, pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil, brazier, cuspidor, spittoon, cistern, vat, caldron, barrel, cask, drum, puncheon, keg, rundlet, tun, butt, cag, firkin, kilderkin, carboy, amphora, bottle, jar, decanter, ewer, cruse, caraffe, crock, kit, canteen, flagon, demijohn, flask, flasket, stoup, noggin, vial, phial, cruet, caster, urn, epergne, salver, patella, tazza, patera, pig gin, big gin, tyg, nipperkin, pocket pistol, tub, bucket, pail, skeel, pot, tankard, jug, pitcher, mug, pipkin, galipot, gallipot, matrass, receiver, retort, alembic, bolthead, capsule, can, kettle, bowl, basin, jorum, punch bowl, cup, goblet, chalice, tumbler, glass, rummer, horn, saucepan, skillet, posnet, tureen, beaker, flask, Erlenmeyer flask, Florence flask, round-bottom flask, graduated cylinder, test tube, culture tube, pipette, Pasteur pipette, disposable pipette, syringe, vial, carboy, vacuum flask, Petri dish, microtiter tray, centrifuge tube, bail, beaker, billy, canakin, catch basin, catch drain, chatti, lota, mussuk, schooner, spider, terrine, toby, urceus, plate, platter, dish, trencher, calabash, porringer, potager, saucer, pan, crucible, glassware, tableware, vitrics, compote, gravy boat, creamer, sugar bowl, butter dish, mug, pitcher, punch bowl, chafing dish, shovel, trowel, spoon, spatula, ladle, dipper, tablespoon, watch glass, thimble, closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury, escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine, chamber, apartment, room, cabin, office, court, hall, atrium, suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story, saloon, salon, parlor, by-room, cubicle, presence chamber, sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room, gallery, cabinet, closet, pew, box, boudoir, adytum, sanctum, bedroom, dormitory, refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger, nursery, schoolroom, library, study, studio, billiard room, smoking room, den, stateroom, tablinum, tenement, bath room, bathroom, toilet, lavatory, powder room, john, jakes, necessary, loo, men's room, ladies' room, rest room, (uncleanness), 653 attic, loft, garret, cockloft, clerestory, cellar, vault, hold, cockpit, cubbyhole, cook house, entre-sol, mezzanine floor, ground floor, rez-de-chaussee, basement, kitchen, pantry, bawarchi-khana, scullery, offices, storeroom, lumber room, dairy, laundry, coach house, garage, hangar, outhouse, penthouse, lean-to, portico, porch, stoop, stope, veranda, patio, lanai, terrace, deck, lobby, court, courtyard, hall, vestibule, corridor, passage, breezeway, ante room, ante chamber, lounge, piazza, veranda, conservatory, greenhouse, bower, arbor, summerhouse, alcove, grotto, hermitage, lodging, bed, carriage, capsular, saccular, sacculated, recipient, ventricular, cystic, vascular, vesicular, cellular, camerated, locular, multilocular, polygastric, marsupial, siliquose, siliquous.

Clothing

N clothing, investment, covering, dress, raiment, drapery, costume, attire, guise, toilet, toilette, trim, habiliment, vesture, vestment, garment, garb, palliament, apparel, wardrobe, wearing apparel, clothes, things, underclothes, array, tailoring, millinery, finery, full dress, garniture, theatrical properties, outfit, equipment, trousseau, uniform, regimentals, continentals, canonicals, livery, gear, harness, turn-out, accouterment, caparison, suit, rigging, trappings, traps, slops, togs, toggery, day wear, night wear, zoot suit, designer clothes, masquerade, dishabille, morning dress, undress, kimono, lungi, shooting-coat, mufti, rags, tatters, old clothes, mourning, weeds, duds, slippers, robe, tunic, paletot, habit, gown, coat, frock, blouse, toga, smock frock, claw coat, hammer coat, Prince Albert coat, sack coat, tuxedo coat, frock coat, dress coat, tail coat, cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper, veil, cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure, houppelande, surcoat, overcoat, great coat, surtout, spencer, mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat, ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine, barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma jacket, vest, jerkin, waistcoat, doublet, camisole, gabardine, farthingale, kilt, jupe, crinoline, bustle, panier, skirt, apron, pinafore, bloomer, bloomers, chaqueta, songtag, tablier, pants, trousers, trowsers, breeches, pantaloons, inexpressibles, overalls, smalls, small clothes, shintiyan, shorts, jockey shorts, boxer shorts, tights, drawers, panties, unmentionables, knickers, knickerbockers, philibeg, fillibeg, pants suit, culottes, jeans, blue jeans, dungarees, denims, Levis, Calvin Klein, Calvins, Bonjour, Gloria Vanderbilt, headdress, headgear, chapeau, crush hat, opera hat, kaffiyeh, sombrero, jam, tam-o-shanter, tarboosh, topi, sola topi, pagri, puggaree, cap, hat, beaver hat, coonskin cap, castor, bonnet, tile, wideawake, billycock, wimple, nightcap, mobcap, skullcap, hood, coif, capote, calash, kerchief, snood, babushka, head, coiffure, crown, chignon, pelt, wig, front, peruke, periwig, caftan, turban, fez, shako, csako, busby, kepi, forage cap, bearskin, baseball cap, fishing hat, helmet, mask, domino, body clothes, linen, hickory shirt, shirt, sark, smock, shift, chemise, night gown, negligee, dressing gown, night shirt, bedgown, sac de nuit, underclothes, underpants, undershirt, slip, brassiere, corset, stays, corsage, corset, corselet, bodice, girdle, stomacher, petticoat, panties, under waistcoat, jock, athletic supporter, jockstrap, sweater, jersey, cardigan, turtleneck, pullover, sweater vest, neckerchief, neckcloth, tie, ruff, collar, cravat, stock, handkerchief, scarf, bib, tucker, boa, cummerbund, rumal, rabat, shoe, pump, boot, slipper, sandal, galoche, galoshes, patten, clog, sneakers, running shoes, hiking boots, high-low, Blucher boot, wellington boot, Hessian boot, jack boot, top boot, Balmoral, arctics, bootee, bootikin, brogan, chaparajos, chavar, chivarras, chivarros, gums, larrigan, rubbers, showshoe, stogy, veldtschoen, legging, buskin, greave, galligaskin, gamache, gamashes, moccasin, gambado, gaiter, spatterdash, brogue, antigropelos, stocking, hose, gaskins, trunk hose, sock, hosiery, glove, gauntlet, mitten, cuff, wristband, sleeve, swaddling cloth, baby linen, layette, ice wool, taffeta, pocket handkerchief, hanky, hankie, clothier, tailor, milliner, costumier, sempstress, snip, dressmaker, habitmaker, breechesmaker, shoemaker, Crispin, friseur, cordwainer, cobbler, hosier, hatter, draper, linen draper, haberdasher, mercer, diaper, nappy, disposable diaper, cloth diaper, Luvs Huggies, invested, habited, dighted, barbed, barded, clad, costume, shod, chausse, en grande tenue, sartorial, the soul of this man is his clothes.

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