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
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British Dictionary definitions for die with one's boots on (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 die with one's boots on (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 die with one's boots on (1 of 2)
die with one's boots on
Also, die in harness. Expire while working, keep working to the end, as in He'll never retire—he'll die with his boots on, or She knows she'll never get promoted, but she wants to die in harness. Both phrases probably allude to soldiers who died on active duty. Until the early 1600s the noun boot denoted a piece of armor for the legs, which may have given rise to this usage; and Shakespeare used harness in the sense of armor when he wrote: “At least we'll die with harness on our back” (Macbeth 5:5).
Idioms and Phrases with die with one's boots on (2 of 2)
boot