boot
1
[ boot ]
/ but /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
Computers.
to start a computer or program, or be started in this way (often followed by up): My laptop won't boot and shows a blank screen.
Idioms for boot
Origin of boot
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1275–1325; Middle English
bote < Anglo-French, Old French; of uncertain origin
Words nearby boot
British Dictionary definitions for boot up (1 of 2)
boot
1
/ (buːt) /
noun
verb
See also
boots
Word Origin for boot
C14
bote, from Old French, of uncertain origin
British Dictionary definitions for boot up (2 of 2)
boot
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/ (buːt) /
verb (usually impersonal)
archaic
to be of advantage or use to (a person)
what boots it to complain?
noun
obsolete
an advantage
dialect
something given in addition, esp to equalize an exchange
a ten pound boot to settle the bargain
to boot
as well; in addition
it's cold and musty, and damp to boot
Word Origin for boot
Old English
bōt compensation; related to Old Norse
bōt remedy, Gothic
bōta, Old High German
buoza improvement
Idioms and Phrases with boot up (1 of 2)
boot up
Start a computer, as in When you've booted up, it's best not to turn off the computer until you're done for the day. The term, dating from the late 1970s, was a shortening of bootstrap, another computer idiom referring to using one set of instructions to load another set of instructions. Also see log in.
Idioms and Phrases with boot up (2 of 2)
boot