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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.


Translations

Derived terms


Verb

  1. To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.
  2. To steal


Translations

  • Dutch: een zetje geven, een duwtje geven, een duwtje in de rug geven

et:boost ko:boost io:boost hu:boost fi:boost ta:boost vi:boost zh:boost

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Boost \Boost\ (b[=oo]st), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boosted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Boosting.] [Cf. Boast, v. i.]
To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to
climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles,
or in making advancement. [Colloq. U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Boost \Boost\ (b[=oo]st), n.
A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb;
help. [Colloq. U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet boost
n 1: the act of giving hope or support to someone [syn: encouragement]
2: an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
[syn: rise, hike, cost increase]
3: the act of giving an upward push; "he gave her a boost over
the fence"
v 1: increase; "The landlord hiked up the rents" [syn: hike, {hike
up}]
2: give a boost to; be beneficial to; "The tax cut will boost
the economy"
3: contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the
use of computers in the classroom" [syn: promote, advance,
further, encourage]
4: increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical
circuit" [syn: advance, supercharge]
5: push or shove upward, as if from below or behind; "The
singer had to be boosted onto the stage by a special
contraption"
Moby Dictionary
Great Leap Forward , a leg up , abstract , access , accession ,
accretion , accrual , accruement , acculturate , accumulation ,
acknowledgment , add to , addition , advance , advancement , advantage ,
advertise , advocate , aggrandize , aggrandizement , aid , ameliorate ,
amelioration , amend , amendment , amplification , amplify , and ,
animate , annex , appreciation , appropriate , ascent , assault , assist ,
assistance , augment , augmentation , back , bag , ballooning , ballyhoo ,
bark , bear , bear upon , bearing , beef up , better , bettering ,
betterment , bill , bloating , blurb , boom , borrow , breakthrough ,
brighten , bring forward , broaden , broadening , buck , build ,
build up , buildup , bull , bulldoze , bulletin , bump , bump against ,
bunt , buoy up , butt , butt against , cast up , cheer , circularize ,
civilize , commend , commendation , conduce to , contribute to , cop ,
cram , crescendo , crib , crowd , cry up , defraud , development , dig ,
drive , edema , edify , educate , elbow , elevate , elevation , embezzle ,
emend , encourage , encouragement , enhance , enhancement , enlarge ,
enlargement , enlighten , enliven , ennoblement , enrich , enrichment ,
erect , escalate , establish , eugenics , euthenics , exalt , exaltation ,
exhilarate , expand , expansion , expedite , extend , extension , extort ,
facilitate , fatten , favor , filch , fill out , flood , force , forward ,
foster , further , furtherance , gain , give a lift , give a write-up ,
give publicity , gladden , go straight , goad , good word , graduation ,
greatening , growth , gush , hand , hasten , head , headway , hearten ,
heave , heft , heighten , heist , help , helping hand , hike , hike up ,
hoick , hoist , hold up , honorable mention , hook , hurtle , hustle ,
hype , improve , improve upon , improvement , increase , increment ,
inflate , inflation , inspire , inspirit , invigorate , jab , jack up ,
jam , jerk up , jog , joggle , jolt , jostle , jump , jump up , knighting ,
knock up , lard , leap , leg , leg up , lend wings to , lengthen ,
levitate , lift , lift up , liven , lob , loft , magnify ,
make an improvement , make for , make off with , maximize , meliorate ,
melioration , mend , mending , mounting , multiplication , multiply ,
nip , nudge , nurture , palm , parlay , passing , pay raise , perk up ,
pick up , pickup , pile drive , pilfer , pinch , placard , plug , poach ,
poke , post , post bills , post up , preferment , press , press-agent ,
pressure , prod , productiveness , progress , progression ,
proliferation , promote , promotion , publicize , puff , punch , purloin ,
push , push forward , put forward , put up , pyramid , quicken , raise ,
raise up , ram , ram down , rattle , rear , rear up , recognition ,
recommend , recovery , refine upon , reform , rejoice ,
rejoice the heart , restoration , revival , rise , run , run against ,
run away with , rustle , scrounge , sell , set forward , set up , shake ,
shoplift , shoulder , shove , sky , snare , snatch , snitch , snowballing ,
socialize , speak highly of , speak warmly of , speak well of , speed ,
spiel , spread , steal , stick up , straighten out , stress , support ,
surge , swelling , swindle , swipe , take , tamp , thicken , thieve ,
throw up , thrust , tout , transfigure , transform , tumescence , up ,
upbeat , upbuoy , upcast , upgrade , upgrading , upheave , uphoist ,
uphold , uplift , upping , upraise , uprear , upsurge , upswing , upthrow ,
uptrend , upturn , upward mobility , vitalize , walk off with , wax ,
waxing , widening , write up


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