the boot
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- noun
- NSFW
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la bota
- Altiris sees the boot partition as D.
Examples
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I'm not sure how this works with Altaris, but you might try the manual I used to alter the boot.wim.
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The day after the boot camp, two state representatives presented the draft version of a House bill chock-full of ALEC priorities.
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I learned that company to company, the boot molds are very different.
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The goal is to stabilize the foot in the boot.
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After the image is captured and the boot option is selected, I go back and get rid of the system boot partition so I can make it one drive, but it never starts up.
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And I'm now running a little bit behind, but I've somehow got to fit this in the boot and the boot of my car is bloody small.
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Inspector Mike Constable told me that you'd shot your wife and that you put her in the boot and the gun is in the in the compartment there.
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For backcountry, it's measured by placing your bare foot in the boot shell without the liner, with the toe touching the front of the shell.
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The boot, liner, and footbed should provide the fit, so rather than a thick comfy sock, a light sock is recommended.
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In the 18th century, some prisons used the boot to punish criminals by crushing their limbs.
Synonyms
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A metal device used in the past to crush or heat the foot to cause pain
A heavy metal thing shaped like a boot used to crush or burn a person's foot and leg
A heavy iron tool used to crush a foot or leg to hurt someone
Surface Forms
Morphology
the + boot
The phrase is compositional: 'boot' is given here as an iron device used to crush or heat feet and the definite article 'the' only marks a specific instance. The MWE's meaning is literal and directly derivable from the constituent meanings, so a B1 learner who knows those word meanings will understand it.
Etymology
The boot comes from a cruel metal or wooden device shaped like a large boot that held a person's foot while it was tightened or heated to 'crush' or 'burn' the foot. That's why the boot means a tool used for painful 'torture'.