transcription, транскрипция: [ boʊlstə(r) ]
( bolsters, bolstering, bolstered)
1.
If you bolster something such as someone’s confidence or courage, you increase it.
Hopes of an early cut in interest rates bolstered confidence.
= boost
VERB : V n
2.
If someone tries to bolster their position in a situation, they try to strengthen it.
Britain is free to adopt policies to bolster its economy.
= boost
VERB : V n
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Bolster up means the same as bolster .
...an aid programme to bolster up their troubled economy.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P
3.
A bolster is a firm pillow shaped like a long tube which is sometimes put across a bed under the ordinary pillows.
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