démarrer — meaning in English

English meaning

• begin verb To start doing something, or for something to start happening.
• boot noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
• initiate verb To start something, especially a formal process.
• start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.

Senses

démarrer is used for these senses in English:

• begin (ergative) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
• boot (computing) To bootstrap; to start a system, e.g. a computer, by invoking its boot process or bootstrap.
• initiate (transitive) To begin; to start.
• start (ergative, of an object) To come loose, to break free of a firmly set position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate.
• turn on (transitive) To power up, to put into operation, to start, to activate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).

boot — full definition

1. noun A sturdy shoe that covers the foot and part of the leg.
2. noun The luggage storage compartment of a car (British English); called a "trunk" in American English.
3. noun A device clamped to a car's wheel to immobilize it, usually for unpaid fines (also called a wheel clamp).
4. verb To kick something or someone.
5. verb To dismiss or eject someone.

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