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boot

noun as in heavy, often tall, shoe

Strongest match

Weak matches

verb as in start operating system

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The robot’s computer brain booted up and her programs began coming online.

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A Peruvian politician who had one of her advisers cut her toenails in parliament could be facing the boot.

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Beto misses so many chances, but I am backing him to put his boots on the right feet this week and score to grab his side a point.

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A common complaint has been female players having to use men's boots, which have been linked to the spate of serious knee ligament injuries in the WSL.

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Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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