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bolster
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bol·ster  (blstr)
n.
A long narrow pillow or cushion.
tr.v. bol·stered, bol·ster·ing, bol·sters
1. To support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion.
2. To buoy up or hearten: Visitors bolstered the patient's morale.

[Middle English, from Old English; see bhelgh- in Indo-European roots.]

bolster·er n.

bolster
Verb
to support or strengthen: the government were unwilling to bolster sterling
Noun
1. a long narrow pillow
2. any pad or support [Old English]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bolster - a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows
pillow - a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
Verb1.bolster - support and strengthen; "bolster morale"
reenforce, reinforce - make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"
2.bolster - prop up with a pillow or bolster
prop, prop up, shore up, shore - support by placing against something solid or rigid; "shore and buttress an old building"
3.bolster - add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"
fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

bolster
verb support, help, aid, maintain, boost, strengthen, assist, prop, reinforce, hold up, cushion, brace, shore up, augment, buttress, buoy up, give a leg up to (informal)
Translations
Spanish bolster [ˈbəulstəʳ] ntravesero, cabezal m
bolster up vtreforzar;
(fig) → alentar

French bolster [ˈbəulstəʳ] ntraversin m
bolster up vtsoutenir

German bolster [ˈbəulstəʳ] nNackenrolle f
bolster up vtstützen;
(case) → untermauern

Italian bolster [ˈbəulstəʳ] ncapezzale m
bolster up vtsostenere

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