[boost] vb [origin unknown] vt (ca. 1815) 1: to push or shove up from below
2: increase, raise "plans to ~ production" "an extra holiday to ~ morale"
3: to promote the cause or interests of: plug "a campaign to ~ the new fashions"
4: to raise the voltage of or across (an electric circuit)
5. slang: steal, shoplift ~ vi, slang: shoplift syn see lift
[2]boost n (1825) 1: a push upward
2: an act that brings help or encouragement: assist
3: an increase in amount