boot betydelse and definition

Betydelse av boot på svenska

• 0 a type of shoe that covers the whole foot and the lower part of the leg:

  • walking boots

  • riding boots

  • Don't forget your boots and shin pads.

  • rugby boots

• 1 a covered space at the back of a car, for storing things in:

  • I always keep a blanket and a toolkit in the boot for emergencies.

  • Stolen goods were found in the boot of her car.

• 2 the situation in which your job is taken away from you, usually because you have done something wrong or badly:

  • She got the boot for stealing money from the cash register.

  • Williams has been given the boot from the team.

• 3 a kick with the foot:

  • He gave the ball a good boot.

• 4 a metal device attached to the wheel of an illegally parked car that will only be removed when the owner pays an amount of money

• 5 to kick someone or something hard with the foot:

  • They booted him in the head.

• 6 When a computer boots (up), it becomes ready for use by getting the necessary information into its memory, and when you boot (up) a computer, you cause it to do this.

• 7 a type of shoe that covers the foot and the lower leg:

  • work boots

  • cowboy boots

• 8 trunk

• 9 to cause a computer or a computer program to become ready for use:

  • [ I ] Before you can do anything, you have to boot up.

• 10 to kick something:

  • She booted the ball down the field.

• 11 when a computer boots or is booted, it loads its operating system and starts working:

  • The PC should now boot from the CD-ROM drive and the installation will begin.

  • Boot up your computer and log onto your company's intranet.