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| boot | |
| 1. n. (Habillement) Botte. | |
| 2. n. (Auto) (GB) Coffre (de voiture). | |
| 3. v. Botter, frapper du pied. | |
| 4. v. (Informatique) Démarrer, booter, amorcer (le système). | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| boot | |
| 1. n. A heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. |  |
| 2. n. (sports) A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football. | |
| 3. n. A blow with the foot; a kick. | |
| 4. n. (construction) A flexible cover of rubber or plastic, which may be preformed to a particular shape and used to protect a shaft, lever, switch, or opening from dust, dirt, moisture, etc. | |
| 5. n. A torture device used on the feet or legs, such as a Spanish boot. | |
| 6. n. (US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp. | |
| 7. n. A rubber bladder on the leading edge of an aircraft’s wing, which is inflated periodically to remove ice buildup. A deicing boot. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. | |
| 9. n. (archaic) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach. | |
| 10. n. (US, military police slang) A recently arrived recruit; a rookie. | |
| 11. n. (Australia, British, NZ, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan or saloon car. | |
| 12. n. (informal) The act or process of removing or firing someone (give someone the boot). | |
| 13. n. (UK, slang) unattractive person, ugly woman (usu as "old boot") | |
| 14. n. (firearms) A hard plastic case for a long firearm, typically moulded to the shape of the gun and intended for use in a vehicle. | |
| 15. n. (baseball) A bobbled ball. | |
| 16. n. (botany) The inflated flag leaf sheath of a wheat plant. | |
| 17. v. To kick. | |
| I booted the ball toward my teammate. | |
| 18. v. To put boots on, especially for riding. | |
| 19. v. To apply corporal punishment (compare slippering). | |
| 20. v. (informal) To forcibly eject. | |
| We need to boot those troublemakers as soon as possible | |
| 21. v. (computing, informal) To disconnect forcibly; to eject from an online service, conversation, etc. | |
| 22. v. (slang) To vomit. | |
| Sorry, I didn’t mean to boot all over your couch. | |
| 23. n. (archaic, dialectal) remedy, amends | |
| 24. n. profit, plunder | |
| 25. n. (obsolete) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged; compensation; recompense | |
| 26. n. (obsolete) Profit; gain; advantage; use. | |
| 27. n. (obsolete) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings. | |
| 28. n. (obsolete) A medicinal cure or remedy. | |
| 29. v. (transitive, obsolete) To profit, avail, benefit. | |
| 30. v. (transitive, obsolete) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. | |
| 31. n. (computing) The act or process of bootstrapping; the starting or re-starting of a computing device. | |
| It took three boots, but I finally got the application installed. | |
| 32. v. (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap. | |
| When arriving at the office, first thing I do is booting my machine. | |
| 33. n. A bootleg recording. | |
| français > anglais | |
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| botte | |
| 1. n-f. boot (footwear) | |
| 2. n-f. something resembling a boot | |
| la botte italienne - the Italian boot | |
| une botte à bière - a boot-shaped beer glass | |
| 3. n-f. (figuratively) oppression | |
| Les Juifs ont grandement souffert sous la botte du régime nazi. - The Jews suffered greatly under the oppression of the Nazi regime. | |
| 4. n-f. (polytechnic jargon) the top of the class in polytechnic school | |
| 5. n-f. bunch, bundle (of flowers, vegetables) | |
| 6. n-f. bundle, sheaf (of grain) | |
| 7. n-f. bale (bundle of compressed wool or hay) | |
| 8. n-f. (by extension) fodder or feed for small livestock | |
| 9. n-f. a bundle of skeins | |
| 10. n-f. bunch (large amount of something) | |
| 11. n-f. (informal) sex, proposed to a woman by a man | |
| Je lui ai proposé la botte. En vain ! - I offered to have sex with her. No luck! | |
| 12. n-f. bale (measurement of hay weighing 30-50 kg) | |
| 13. n-f. (fencing) thrust | |
| 14. n-f. (nautical) ton, register ton (unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet) | |
| 15. n-f. large barrel, cask | |
| 16. n-f. (historical) (a former unit of measure:) about 230 kilograms; about 500 pounds | |
| 17. n-f. (historical) (a former unit of measure, varying with time and place:) about 190 to 520 litres; about 50 to 140 US gallons | |
