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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.

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

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bolster·er n.

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bolster - a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows long pillow pillow - a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
Verb	1.	bolster - support and strengthen; "bolster morale" bolster up 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" pad fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

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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

bolster [ˈbəulstəʳ] n → travesero, cabezal m

bolster up vt → reforzar;

(fig) → alentar

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bolster [ˈbəulstəʳ] n → traversin m

bolster up vt → soutenir

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bolster [ˈbəulstəʳ] n → Nackenrolle f

bolster up vt → stützen;

(case) → untermauern

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bolster [ˈbəulstəʳ] n → capezzale m

bolster up vt → sostenere

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bolster

n bolster [ˈboulstə]

a long, often round pillow. onderkussing وِسادَه дълга възглавница podhlavník pølle das Polster κυλινδρικό μαξιλάρι κρεβατιού travesaño padjand بالش tyyny traversin כַּר אָרוֹך तकिया, मसनद jastuk vánkos bantal panjang sessa, púði guanciale 長まくら 긴 베개 velenėlis, pagalvė pagalvis; polsteris bantal peluk peluw lang og rund (pynte)pute podgłówek, wałek travesseiro pernă валик podhlavník podzglavnik dugačak jastuk lång underkudde, dyna หมอนยาวทรงกระบอก kanepe yastığı 長枕 валик تکیہ ، گول سرہانہ gối ôm 长枕

v – past tense, past participle ˈbolstered –

(often withup) to prop up We're getting a loan to bolster (up) the economy. steun يَدْعَمُ подпирам podepřít forbedre; styrke unterstützen υποστυλώνω (μτφ.), υποστηρίζω apoyar, reforzar püsti hoidma تقویت کردن pönkittää soutenir לְחָזֵק सुदृढ़ करना poduprijeti támogat mendukung, menyokong styrkja, efla sostenere 強める 지원하다 paremti, palaikyti []balstīt memperkukuhkan schragen støtte/stive opp podeprzeć sustentar a susţine поддерживать podoprieť spodbuditi, podpreti poboljšati stärka, stötta, hjälpa upp สนับสนุน desteklemek, takviye etmek 支撐 підпирати; підтримувати سہارا دینا یا لینا củng cố 支撑