boost
[boost]
- 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.
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- Slang. to engage in stealing, especially shoplifting.
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- 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.
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Origin of boost
Synonyms
See more synonyms for boost on Thesaurus.com7. hike, growth, upsurge, upswing, uptick.
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Examples from the Web for boost
Contemporary Examples
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 course, I was expecting something—a boost in salary, or something like that.
The Fortune HunterLouis Joseph Vance
Go easy on stakes because unless careful will boost the comein.
Mixed FacesRoy Norton
And since I've left the San, I've looked forward to your letters to boost up my spirits.
The StrawEugene O'Neill
In that case, we will have to turn in and88 give the fellow what you Americans call a boost.
Wayside CourtshipsHamlin Garland
"Then you'll have to boost the buggy-wheels, that's all," answered Jim.
Dorothy and the Wizard in OzL. Frank Baum
boost
- encouragement, improvement, or helpa boost to morale
- an upward thrust or pushhe gave him a boost over the wall
- an increase or risea 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
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- to encourage, assist, or improveto boost morale
- to lift by giving a push from below or behind
- to increase or raiseto boost the voltage in an electrical circuit
- to cause to rise; increaseto 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
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Word Origin
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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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
boost
[bōōst]
- 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.
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