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bot 1

also bott  (bŏt)
n.
1. The parasitic larva of a botfly.
2. bots(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A disease of mammals, especially cattle and horses, caused by infestation of the stomach or intestines with botfly larvae.

[Middle English, probably of Low German origin.]

bot 2

(bŏt)
n.
1. A software program, such as a spider, that performs automated tasks on the internet.
2. A software program that imitates the behavior of a human, as in participating in chatroom or IRC discussions.
3. Informal A robot.

[Short for robot.]
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bot

(bɒt) or

bott

n
1. (Animals) the larva of a botfly, which typically develops inside the body of a horse, sheep, or human
2. (Animals) any similar larva
3. (Pathology) informal NZ a mild illness in humans
[C15: probably from Low German; related to Dutch bot, of obscure origin]

bot

(bɒt)
vb
1. to scrounge or borrow
2. (often foll by: on) to scrounge (from); impose (on)
n
3. a scrounger
4. on the bot wanting to scrounge: he's on the bot for a cigarette.
[C20: perhaps from botfly, alluding to the creature's bite; see bite (sense 12)]

bot

(bɒt)
n
(Computer Science) computing an autonomous computer program that performs time-consuming tasks, esp on the internet
[C20: from (ro)bot]

BOT

abbreviation for
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Board of Trade
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bot

(bɒt)

n.
the larva of a botfly.
[1425–75; late Middle English]

bot

(bɒt)

n.
a device or piece of software that can execute commands or perform routine tasks, as electronic searches, usually without user intervention (often used in combination): intelligent infobots; shopping bots.
[1985–90; shortening of robot]

bot.

1. botanical.
2. botanist.
3. botany.
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bot


Past participle: botted
Gerund: botting

Imperative
bot
bot
Present
I bot
you bot
he/she/it bots
we bot
you bot
they bot
Preterite
I botted
you botted
he/she/it botted
we botted
you botted
they botted
Present Continuous
I am botting
you are botting
he/she/it is botting
we are botting
you are botting
they are botting
Present Perfect
I have botted
you have botted
he/she/it has botted
we have botted
you have botted
they have botted
Past Continuous
I was botting
you were botting
he/she/it was botting
we were botting
you were botting
they were botting
Past Perfect
I had botted
you had botted
he/she/it had botted
we had botted
you had botted
they had botted
Future
I will bot
you will bot
he/she/it will bot
we will bot
you will bot
they will bot
Future Perfect
I will have botted
you will have botted
he/she/it will have botted
we will have botted
you will have botted
they will have botted
Future Continuous
I will be botting
you will be botting
he/she/it will be botting
we will be botting
you will be botting
they will be botting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been botting
you have been botting
he/she/it has been botting
we have been botting
you have been botting
they have been botting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been botting
you will have been botting
he/she/it will have been botting
we will have been botting
you will have been botting
they will have been botting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been botting
you had been botting
he/she/it had been botting
we had been botting
you had been botting
they had been botting
Conditional
I would bot
you would bot
he/she/it would bot
we would bot
you would bot
they would bot
Past Conditional
I would have botted
you would have botted
he/she/it would have botted
we would have botted
you would have botted
they would have botted
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.bot - botfly larvabot - botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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Translations
botrobogiciel

bot

[ˈbɒt ˈbɒt] nbot m
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References in classic literature ?
Michael's, Tal- bot county, Maryland, when I left there; and if he is still alive, he very probably lives there now; and if so, he is now, as he was then, as highly esteemed and as much respected as though his guilty soul had not been stained with his brother's blood.
"You'd better let up on the bot', ol' woman, or you'll git done."
I'll take bot of you, both together, both together!'
Elizabeth was awakened from the trance created by this scene, and by gazing in that unusual manner at the bot tom of the lake, be the hoarse sounds of Benjamin’s voice, and the dashing of oars, as the heavier boat of the seine-drawers approached the spot where the canoe lay, dragging after it the folds of the net.
B-o-t, bot, t-i-n, tin, bottin, n-e-y, ney, bottinney, noun substantive, a knowledge of plants.
From this cause, and from the man great angular fragments, tracking the boats became bot dangerous and laborious
This is what she wrote about a boy by the name of Stephen Dowling Bots that fell down a well and was drownded:
I tell you, she sent a plague on his sheep, the plague of the Bots. The whole flock died; I remember it well.
"The drip bot, unlike a human barista, knows the perfect formula for brewing coffee; it never goes wrong," a Cafe.bot official said.
He said that for construction of Chakdara-Bagh Dheri Extension of Swat Expressway on BoT Rs 1000 million have been allocated.Estimated cost of its construction is Rs 36,000 million while Rs 20,000 million would be required for land acquisition.
The prototype robots respond to different vibration frequencies depending on their configurations, allowing researchers to control individual bots by adjusting the vibration.