Pulling and Boot

noun

• The act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.
  • usage: "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back"
  • synonyms: pull

verb

• Cause to move by pulling.
  • usage: "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
  • synonyms: pull, draw, force
• Direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.
  • usage: "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
  • synonyms: attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in
• Move into a certain direction.
  • usage: "the car pulls to the right"
  • synonyms: pull
• Apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.
  • usage: "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin"
  • synonyms: pull
• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, commit, pull
• Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover.
  • usage: "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"
  • synonyms: draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
• Steer into a certain direction.
  • usage: "pull one's horse to a stand"; "Pull the car over"
  • synonyms: pull
• Strain abnormally.
  • usage: "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition"
  • synonyms: pull, overstretch
• Cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense.
  • usage: "A declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
  • synonyms: pull, draw
• Operate when rowing a boat.
  • usage: "pull the oars"
  • synonyms: pull
• Rein in to keep from winning a race.
  • usage: "pull a horse"
  • synonyms: pull
• Tear or be torn violently.
  • usage: "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
  • synonyms: rend, rip, rive, pull
• Hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing.
  • usage: "pull the ball"
  • synonyms: pull
• Strip of feathers.
  • usage: "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
  • synonyms: pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
• Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense.
  • usage: "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
  • synonyms: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
• Take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for.
  • usage: "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title"
  • synonyms: pull, root for
• Take away.
  • usage: "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket shelf"
  • synonyms: pull

noun

• Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg.
• British term for the luggage compartment in a car.
• The swift release of a store of affective force.
  • usage: "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
  • synonyms: bang, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick
• Protective casing for something that resembles a leg.
• An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg.
  • synonyms: the boot, iron boot, iron heel
• A form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed.
• The act of delivering a blow with the foot.
  • usage: "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
  • synonyms: kick, kicking

verb

• Kick; give a boot to.
• Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes.
  • usage: "boot your computer"
  • synonyms: reboot, bring up

• (v.i.) To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
• (n.) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
• (n.) An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
• (n.) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
• (n.) Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
• (v.t.) To put boots on, especially for riding.
• (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
• (n.) Booty; spoil.
• (v.t.) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
• (n.) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
• (v.t.) To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?.
• (n.) A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
• (v.t.) To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
• (n.) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
• (n.) That which is given to make an exchange equal or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.

• Name Meaning: Variant of Booth: House
• Name Origin: English

Money or other property that is not like-kind, which is given to make up any difference in value or equity between exchanged properties.' boot' may be in the form of cash, notes, gems, the market value of an asset such as a mortgage, land contract, personal property, goodwill, a service or a patent offered in an exchange. The taxable gain in the like-kind exchange is recognized immediately to the extent of boot, whereas, other gain from the exchange may be deferred until subsequent transfer. (See exchange, like-kind).