Antonyms for boots


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : boots
Phonetic Transcription : buts


Definition of boots

Origin :
  • footwear, early 14c., from Old French bote "boot" (12c.), with corresponding words in Provençal and Spanish, of unknown origin, perhaps from a Germanic source. Originally for riding boots only. An old Dorsetshire word for "half-boots" was skilty-boots [Halliwell, Wright].
  • noun heavy, often tall, shoe
  • verb kick; oust
  • verb start operating system
Example sentences :
  • Ben had drawn off his boots, and was firing them one after the other at the door.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • There he took the boots—they were terribly stained, he saw—and drew them on.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Evan, the last boy had his boots blacked, and a fresh paper collar on!
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • In an English hotel, would the chef sit down to talk with boots?
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • Ah, the truthful glass betrayed the weak point in her armor—the boots.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • I'll get a pair of ridin' breeches an' boots for you by tomorrow.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Some of the boots were past wearing when found, and some were not found.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • I rub it on boots, I keep my guns and ax from rustin' by smearin' it on.
  • Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
  • Her face was square and sensible like her shoulders, and her boots.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • I am told that it is also advisable to have straw in your boots.'
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

Synonyms for boots

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