"boose" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /buːs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boose.wav [Southern-England] Forms: booses [plural]
Rhymes: -uːs Etymology: From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsig (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bose}} Middle English bose, {{m|enm|boose}} boose, {{inh|en|ang|*bōs}} Old English *bōs, {{m|ang|bōsih}} bōsih, {{m|ang|bōsig|t=cow-stall}} bōsig (“cow-stall”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*bansaz}} Proto-Germanic *bansaz, {{m|gem-pro|*bandsaz}} *bandsaz, {{m|gem-pro|*bandstiz|t=stall}} *bandstiz (“stall”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰendʰ-|t=to tie, bind}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} boose (plural booses)
  1. (dialect) A stall for an animal (usually a cow). Tags: dialectal Categories (topical): Animal dwellings Synonyms: boosy, boosey
    Sense id: en-boose-en-noun-6MlkVqr4 Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 12 44 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /buːz/
Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bousen|pos=verb}} Middle English bousen (verb), {{m|enm|bouse|pos=noun}} bouse (noun) Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} boose
  1. Alternative spelling of booze Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: booze Categories (topical): Animal dwellings
    Sense id: en-boose-en-noun-kfeAk1v2 Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 12 44 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 46 48 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 48 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 47 48 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 4 47 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /buːz/ Forms: booses [present, singular, third-person], boosing [participle, present], boosed [participle, past], boosed [past]
Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bousen|pos=verb}} Middle English bousen (verb), {{m|enm|bouse|pos=noun}} bouse (noun) Head templates: {{en-verb}} boose (third-person singular simple present booses, present participle boosing, simple past and past participle boosed)
  1. Alternative spelling of booze Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: booze Categories (topical): Animal dwellings
    Sense id: en-boose-en-verb-kfeAk1v2 Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 12 44 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 46 48 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 48 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 47 48 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 4 47 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "enm",
        "2": "bouse",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "bouse (noun)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "booses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boosing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boosed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boosed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "boose (third-person singular simple present booses, present participle boosing, simple past and past participle boosed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "booze"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1828, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Pelham, Or, Adventures of a Gentleman",
          "text": "Why, you would not be boosing till lightman's in a square crib like mine, as if you were in a flash panny?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of booze"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "booze",
          "booze#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/buːz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boose"
}

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