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Western Definition–adjective | 1. | lying toward or situated in the west: our company's western office. |
| 2. | directed or proceeding toward the west: a western migration. |
| 3. | coming or originating from the west, as a wind. |
| 4. | (often initial capital letter ) of, pertaining to, living in, or characteristic of the West, esp. the western U.S.: a Western ranch. |
| 5. | (usually initial capital letter) Occidental: to adopt Western dress. |
| 6. | (usually initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the non-Communist countries of Europe and the Americas: Western trade agreements. |
| 7. | (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Western Church. |
–noun | 8. | (often initial capital letter) a story, movie, or radio or television play about the U.S. West of the 19th century. |
| 10. | a person or thing from a western region or country. |
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Boot Definition–noun | 1. | a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg. |
| 2. | Chiefly British. any shoe or outer foot covering reaching to the ankle. |
| 3. | an overshoe, esp. one of rubber or other waterproof material. |
| 4. | an instrument of torture for the leg, consisting of a kind of vise extending from the knee to the ankle, tightened around the leg by means of screws. |
| 5. | any sheathlike protective covering: a boot for a weak automobile tire. |
| 6. | a protective covering for the foot and part of the leg of a horse. |
| 7. | a protecting cover or apron for the driver's seat of an open vehicle. |
| 8. | the receptacle or place into which the top of a convertible car fits when lowered. |
| 9. | a cloth covering for this receptacle or place. |
| 10. | British. the trunk of an automobile. |
| 11. | a rubber covering for the connection between each spark-plug terminal and ignition cable in an automotive ignition system. |
| 12. | Also called Denver boot. a metal device attached to the wheel of a parked car so that it cannot be driven away until a fine is paid or the owner reports to the police: used by police to catch scofflaws. |
| 13. | U.S. Navy, Marines. a recruit. |
| 14. | Music. the box that holds the reed in the reed pipe of an organ. |
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Slang. a dismissal; discharge: They gave him the boot for coming in late. | |
| 17. | Informal. a sensation of pleasure or amusement: Watching that young skater win a gold medal gave me a real boot. |
| 18. | Baseball. a fumble of a ball batted on the ground, usually to the infield. |
–verb (used with object) | 19. | to kick; drive by kicking: The boy booted a tin can down the street. |
| 21. | Baseball. to fumble (a ground ball). |
| 22. | to put boots on; equip or provide with boots. |
| 23. | Also, bootstrap. Computers. | a. | to start (a computer) by loading the operating system. |
| b. | to start (a program) by loading the first few instructions, which will then bring in the rest. |
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| 24. | Slang. to dismiss; discharge: They booted him out of school for not studying. |
| 25. | to attach a Denver boot to: Police will boot any car with unpaid fines. |
| 26. | to torture with the boot. |
—Idioms| 27. | bet your boots, to be sure or certain: You can bet your boots that I'll be there! |
| 28. | die with one's boots on, | a. | to die while actively engaged in one's work, profession, etc. |
| b. | to die fighting, esp. in battle, or in some worthy cause. |
Also, especially British, die in one's boots. |
| 29. | get a boot, Informal. to derive keen enjoyment: I really got a boot out of his ridiculous stories. |
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