boost

boost
boost [n1] increase addition, advance, breakthrough, expansion, hike, improvement, increment, jump, lift, raise, rise, step-up, up, upgrade, wax; concepts 700,780 —Ant. blow, decrease, hindrance, setback boost [n2] encouragement aid, assistance, backup, buildup, goose*, hand*, handout, help, helping hand, improvement, leg*, leg up*, lift, praise, promotion, shot in the arm*, support; concept 110 —Ant. discouragement, hindrance boost [n3] push, usually up advance, goose*, heave, hoist, lift, raise, shove, thrust; concepts 196,208 boost [v1] further, improve advance, advertise, assist, encourage, foster, inspire, plug, praise, promote, push, support, sustain; concept 244 —Ant. discourage, halt, hinder, hurt, prevent, undermine boost [v2] push, usually up advance, elevate, heave, heighten, hoist, lift, raise, shove, thrust, upraise, uprear; concepts 196,208 boost [v3] increase add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up*, develop, enlarge, expand, extend, heighten, hike, jack up*, jump, magnify, multiply, put up, raise, up; concepts 236,245 —Ant. blow, decrease, hinder, set back

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  • boost — ☆ boost [bo͞ost ] vt. [< ?] 1. to raise by or as by a push from behind or below; push up 2. to urge others to support; promote [to boost a program] 3. to make higher or greater; increase in amount, power, etc. [to boost taxes, boost electric… …   English World dictionary

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Boost — (b[=oo]st), n. A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Boost — Boost, Johann Adam, geb. 1775 in Aschaffenburg, ging 1793 nach Paris, ward Mitglied des Nationalconvents, trat in die Rheinarmee ein, lebte dann als Forstmeister u. später bei der Generalcontrôle beschäftigt, in darmstädtischen Diensten; in… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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