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See more synonyms for boost on Thesaurus.com to lift or raise by pushing from behind or below. to advance or aid by speaking well of; promote: She always boosts her hometown. to increase; raise: to boost prices; to boost the horsepower of the car by 20 percent. Slang to steal, especially to shoplift: Two typewriters were boosted from the office last night. Show More
verb (used without object) Slang to engage in stealing, especially shoplifting. Show More
an upward shove or raise; lift. an increase; rise: There's been a tremendous boost in food prices. an act, remark, or the like, that helps one's progress, morale, efforts, etc.: His pep talk was the boost our team needed. Show More
Origin of boost 1805–15, Americanism ; perhaps
Scots dialect boose (variant of
pouss push ) +
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raise Examples from the Web for boost Contemporary Examples of boost Unz also notes that a higher minimum wage would discourage illegal immigration and boost consumer spending.
Firstly, there's the offensive notion that New York needs an ad campaign to boost tourism.
After plane loads of wheat seeds were sent to India in the 1960s, farmers there were able to boost production by a factor of four.
At a minimum it could boost the number of troops it has patrolling the 900-kilometer frontier, Yavuz told The Daily Beast.
They use Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP, as an example of how PEDs are supposed to boost numbers.
Historical Examples of boost Of course, I was expecting something—a boost in salary, or something like that.
Go easy on stakes because unless careful will boost the comein.
And since I've left the San, I've looked forward to your letters to boost up my spirits.
In that case, we will have to turn in and88 give the fellow what you Americans call a boost .
"Then you'll have to boost the buggy-wheels, that's all," answered Jim.
British Dictionary definitions for boost encouragement, improvement, or help a boost to morale an upward thrust or push he gave him a boost over the wall an increase or rise a boost in salary a publicity campaign; promotion the amount by which the induction pressure of a supercharged internal-combustion engine exceeds that of the ambient pressure Show More
to encourage, assist, or improve to boost morale to lift by giving a push from below or behind to increase or raise to boost the voltage in an electrical circuit to cause to rise; increase to boost sales to advertise on a big scale to increase the induction pressure of (an internal-combustion engine) above that of the ambient pressure; supercharge Show More
Word Origin for boost C19: of unknown origin
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Word Origin and History for boost v. 1815, literal and figurative, American English, of unknown origin. Related: Boosted ; boosting . As a noun by 1825.
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A linear map from one reference frame to another in which each coordinate is increased or decreased by an independent constant or linear function. A boost corresponds to a shift of the entire coordinate system without any rotation of its axes. Show More
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