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3 VERB If you say that someone bosses you, you mean that they keep telling you what to do in a way that is irritating. □ [V n prep/adv] We cannot boss them into doing more. □ [V n] 'You are not to boss me!' she shouted. ● PHRASAL VERB Boss around , or in British English boss about , means the same as boss . □ [V n P ] He started bossing people around and I didn't like what was happening. [Also V P n]

4 PHRASE If you are your own boss , you work for yourself or make your own decisions and do not have anyone telling you what to do. □  I'm very much my own boss and no one interferes with what I do.

▸  boss around or boss about → see boss 3 COLLOCATIONS boss NOUN 1

noun + boss : company, party, team, union

adjective + boss : former, new SYNONYMS boss NOUN 1

manager:The chef, staff and managers are all Chinese.

head:…the head waiter.

chief:…a commission appointed by the police chief.

master:My master ordered me not to deliver the message except in private.

supervisor:…a full-time job as a supervisor at a factory.

bossy /bɒ si/ ADJ If you describe someone as bossy , you mean that they enjoy telling people what to do. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  She remembers being a rather bossy little girl. ●  bossi|ness N‑UNCOUNT □  They resent what they see as bossiness.

bo|sun /boʊ s ^ə n/ (bosuns ) N‑COUNT The bosun on a ship is the officer whose job it is to look after the ship and its equipment.

bot /bɒ t/ (bots ) N‑COUNT A bot is a computer program that carries out tasks for other programs or users, especially on the internet. [COMPUTING ]

bo|tan|ic /bətæ n I k/ ADJ [ADJ n] Botanic means the same as botanical .

bo|tani|cal /bətæ n I k ^ə l/ (botanicals )

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Botanical books, research, and activities relate to the scientific study of plants. □  The area is of great botanical interest. □  …botanical gardens.

2 N‑COUNT Botanicals are drugs which are made from plants. □  The most effective new botanicals are extracts from cola nut and marine algae.

bota|nist /bɒ tən I st/ (botanists ) N‑COUNT A botanist is a scientist who studies plants.

bota|ny /bɒ təni/ N‑UNCOUNT Botany is the scientific study of plants.

botch /bɒ tʃ/ (botches , botching , botched )

1 VERB If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. [INFORMAL ] □ [V n] It is a silly idea and he has botched it. □ [V -ed] …a botched job. ● PHRASAL VERB Botch up means the same as botch . □ [V P n] I hate having builders botch up repairs on my house. □ [V n P ] Hemingway complained that Nichols had 'botched everything up'.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you make a botch of something that you are doing, you botch it. [INFORMAL ] □  I rather made a botch of that whole thing.

▸  botch up → see botch 1

bo tch-up (botch-ups ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] A botch-up is the same as a botch . [INFORMAL ] □  They were victims of a computer botch-up.

both ◆◆◆ /boʊ θ/