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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 [ˈbəʊlstə]

vb (tr)

1. (often foll by up) to support or reinforce; strengthen to bolster morale

2. to prop up with a pillow or cushion

3. to add padding to to bolster a dress

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a long narrow pillow or cushion

2. any pad or padded support

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Architect a short horizontal length of timber fixed to the top of a post to increase the bearing area and reduce the span of the supported beam

4. (Engineering / Tools) a cold chisel having a broad blade splayed towards the cutting edge, used for cutting stone slabs, etc

[Old English bolster; related to Old Norse bolstr, Old High German bolstar, Dutch bulster]

bolsterer  n

bolstering  n & adj

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) a number of measures intended to bolster morale

noun

pillow, support, pad, cushion Make a bolster to fit across the width of a bed.

Translations

bolster [ˈbəʊlstəʳ]

A. N (= pillow) → cabezal m, almohadón m (con forma cilíndrica) (Tech) → cojín m

B. VT (fig) (also bolster up) → reforzar; [+ morale etc] → levantar

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bolster [ˈbəʊlstə^r]

n (= pillow) → traversin m

vt [+ confidence, courage] → soutenir

bolster up

vt → soutenir

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bolster

n (on bed) → Nackenrolle f

vt (also bolster up: fig) person → Mut machen (+dat); status → aufbessern; currency → stützen; economy, confidence → Auftrieb geben (+dat); profits, power → erhöhen; case → untermauern; support → verstärken; it bolsters my ego → das gibt mir Auftrieb, das baut mich auf; to bolster (up) somebody’s morale → jdm Mut machen

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bolster [ˈbəʊlstəʳ]

1. n → capezzale m

2. vt (also bolster up) → sostenere
to bolster sb's courage → incoraggiare qn

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bolster [ˈbəʊlstəʳ]

1. n → capezzale m

2. vt (also bolster up) → sostenere
to bolster sb's courage → incoraggiare qn

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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 pitkä 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 tukea soutenir לְחָזֵק सुदृढ़ करना poduprijeti támogat mendukung, menyokong styrkja, efla sostenere 強める 지지하다 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 支持 підпирати; підтримувати سہارا دینا یا لینا củng cố 支撑