boot
/buːt/noun
उच्चारण बूट
बूट; (कार की) डिक्की
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[C]
a strong shoe that covers the foot and ankle and often the lower part of the leg; (BrE) the space at the back of a car for luggage (American trunk)
बूट; (कार की) डिक्की
- a pair of leather boots
- Put the bags in the boot.
- He cleaned his muddy boots before entering the house.
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- The football boots were too tight for him.
- She put the suitcases in the boot of the taxi.
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[T]
to kick somebody or something hard; to make a computer ready for use by loading its operating system
ठोकर मारना; (कंप्यूटर) चालू करना
- Boot the computer.
- The laptop takes almost a minute to boot every morning.
- Wait for the computer to boot before you open the file.
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- The phone fails to boot after the update.
- He booted the ball over the wall and into the neighbour's garden.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a pair of boots / boot (noun)
Boots are worn in pairs, so say a pair of boots, and use the plural verb when you speak of the shoes together. A single boot is countable too. In British English the word also means the luggage space of a car.
जूते जोड़ी में पहने जाते हैं, इसलिए 'a pair of boots' कहा जाता है। एक जूते के लिए 'a boot' countable है, और British English में 'boot' का अर्थ कार का सामान रखने का स्थान भी है।
- Radhika bought a pair of leather boots for the hill trip.
- Please put the suitcases in the boot of the car.
boot sth/sb (verb, to kick)
As a transitive verb it means to kick something hard, and it needs an object. It is informal and is often used for football or for kicking a person.
Transitive verb के रूप में इसका अर्थ किसी चीज़ को ज़ोर से लात मारना है, और इसके बाद object आना ज़रूरी है। यह informal शब्द है और प्रायः football के लिए आता है।
- The striker booted the ball into the stands.
- He booted the door open in a rage.
boot up / boot sth up (computing)
Use boot up for a computer that is starting; it can be intransitive or take an object. The noun reboot means starting again.
Computer के चालू होने के लिए 'boot up' का प्रयोग होता है; यह intransitive भी हो सकता है और object भी ले सकता है। 'Reboot' का अर्थ दोबारा चालू करना है।
- The old laptop takes five minutes to boot up.
- Boot up the system before the typing test begins.
boot sb out (of sth)
This phrasal verb means to force someone to leave a place, a job or a group. The preposition of introduces the place or group.
इस phrasal verb का अर्थ किसी को किसी स्थान, नौकरी या समूह से निकाल देना है। 'Of' के बाद वह स्थान या समूह आता है।
- The club booted him out of the team after the scandal.
+Collocations 5
adjective + boots
leatherrubbermuddyheavyanklefootball
- The farmer wore rubber boots in the flooded field.
verb + boots
wearlace uptake offpolishpull on
- The soldier polished his boots every morning.
boot + noun
campsalelaceroompolish
- Boot camp is a tough training programme for new recruits.
computer verbs
boot uprebootshut downrestartlog in
- Reboot the computer if the screen freezes.
boot + preposition
out ofintoacrossthroughover
- He booted the ball over the wall.
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- The postman's muddy boots left marks on the clean floor.
डाकिए के कीचड़ भरे जूतों ने साफ फर्श पर निशान छोड़ दिए।
- It took the old computer two minutes to boot up.
पुराने computer को चालू होने में दो मिनट लगे।
- The car boot was full of fruit from the market.
कार की डिग्गी बाज़ार से लाए फलों से भरी थी।
- The manager booted the employee out of the office for rude behaviour.
अशिष्ट व्यवहार के कारण मैनेजर ने कर्मचारी को दफ़्तर से निकाल दिया।
- Radhika wore sturdy boots for the trek in Uttarakhand.
राधिका ने उत्तराखंड की पैदल यात्रा के लिए मज़बूत जूते पहने।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He was booted out from the club.
✓ He was booted out of the club.
The phrasal verb boot out takes of before the place or group, not from.
'Boot out' के बाद स्थान या समूह से पहले 'of' आता है, 'from' नहीं।
¶Idioms 7
give sb the boot / get the boot
(informal) to dismiss sb from their job or to be dismissed
नौकरी से निकाल देना/निकाला जाना
- He got the boot for coming late every day.
- The company gave her the boot after the scandal.
to boot
(old-fashioned or humorous) used to add a comment to sth that you have said
साथ ही, ऊपर से
- She's clever, and beautiful to boot.
- The hotel was expensive and dirty to boot.
lick sb's boots
(informal) to show too much respect for sb in authority because you want to please them
किसी की चापलूसी करना, तलवे चाटना
- He got promoted by licking the manager's boots.
- I refuse to lick anyone's boots.
die with your boots on
to die while you are still working
काम करते-करते मरना, अंतिम साँस तक काम करना
- He never wanted to retire; he wanted to die with his boots on.
- The old soldier died with his boots on.
the boot is on the other foot
(British English) used to say that a situation has changed so that sb now has power or authority over the person who used to have power or authority over them
अब पासा पलट गया है
- He used to give the orders, but now the boot is on the other foot.
- The boot was on the other foot when she became his boss.
put the boot in
to kick sb very hard, especially when they are on the ground; to attack sb by criticizing them cruelly (British, informal)
(गिरे हुए को) और लात मारना; (किसी की) बेरहमी से आलोचना करना
- After the team lost, the newspapers really put the boot in.
- He was already upset; there was no need to put the boot in.
hang up your boots
to stop doing an activity or job, especially a sport, because you have retired
संन्यास ले लेना, खेल या काम छोड़ देना
- The veteran footballer finally hung up his boots at the age of thirty-eight.
- After forty years of teaching, he decided to hang up his boots.
→Phrasal verbs 2
boot up / boot sth up
(computing) to start a computer and make it ready for use
(कंप्यूटर) चालू करना, बूट करना
- Wait a minute while the computer boots up.
- Boot up your laptop and open the test page.
boot sb out (of sth)
(informal) to force somebody to leave a place or job
(किसी को) ज़बरदस्ती निकाल देना
- He was booted out of the hostel for breaking the rules.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
§Grammar and usage
Computer: boot or boot up means start a computer; reboot means restart it.
कंप्यूटर में boot या boot up का अर्थ कंप्यूटर चालू करना; reboot का अर्थ फिर से चालू करना है।
British and American English: boot (British) and trunk (American) for the luggage space of a car.
British और American English में कार की डिक्की के लिए boot (British) और trunk (American)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
To boot (in addition: 'He is clever, and honest to boot'), get the boot or be given the boot (be dismissed from a job), the boot is on the other foot (British, the situation has been reversed), lick sb's boots (be too eager to please somebody powerful).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: to boot (इसके अतिरिक्त, ऊपर से: 'He is clever, and honest to boot'), get the boot या be given the boot (नौकरी से निकाला जाना), the boot is on the other foot (British, स्थिति उलट गई है), lick sb's boots (शक्तिशाली को ख़ुश करने को अत्यधिक उत्सुक होना, तलवे चाटना)।