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bolstered

[bohl-ster]

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noun

a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.

anything resembling this in form or in use as a support.

any pillow, cushion, or pad.

Nautical.

Also called bolster plate. a circular casting on the side of a vessel, through which an anchor chain passes.

a timber used as a temporary support.

a beam for holding lines or rigging without chafing.

a bag filled with buoyant material, fitted into a small boat.

Metalworking. an anvillike support for the lower die of a drop forge.

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Masonry.

a timber or the like connecting two ribs of a centering.

a chisel with a blade splayed toward the edge, used for cutting bricks.

Carpentry. a horizontal timber on a post for lessening the free span of a beam.

a structural member on which one end of a bridge truss rests.

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verb (used with object)

to support with or as with a pillow or cushion.

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to add to, support, or uphold (sometimes followed by up): They bolstered their morale by singing. He bolstered up his claim with new evidence.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English bolstre (noun), Old English bolster; cognate with Old Norse bolstr, Dutch bolster, German Polster

Related forms

bol·ster·er, noun

un·bol·ster, verb (used with object)

un·bol·stered, adjective

Synonyms
1. See cushion. 10. strengthen, sustain, aid, reinforce, fortify.

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Example Sentences

The path is open for the next faddish reading, even one bolstered by a lot of good stories and data.

Regular police, bolstered by the army, have replaced citizens' patrols.

Bolstered by that success, the group began tailoring programs for different organizations.

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The path is open for the next faddish reading, even one bolstered by a lot of good stories and data.

Regular police, bolstered by the army, have replaced citizens' patrols.

Bolstered by that success, the group began tailoring programs for different organizations.

They typically cling to their biased opinions, bolstered by selective perception, even in the face of hard data to the contrary.

Rising prices have bolstered the construction industry and sellers of furniture and building materials.

But the find bolstered astronomers' hopes that dozens of habitable worlds will show up as more and more exoplanets are discovered.

In the less panicky mood that prevailed this week, such measures appeared to have bolstered confidence.

But the case for retaining the college fees would be bolstered if a wider audit of the college system were to be carried out.

In the past, the paper's support has bolstered candidates, but the candidates whom it endorses have a mixed track record.

It was ill-equipped to care for such items, and accepting that gift would not have bolstered its primary purpose.

Participants say that when the operation ended, the community stayed in contact and bolstered their training for future spills.

These changes will be bolstered by the nationwide shift to electronic medical records, which has already begun.

And the whimsical television spots only bolstered the eggs' wundercandy ethos.

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Several factors bolstered wheat prices, which were up despite the.

These fossils bolstered the once controversial but now widely endorsed theory that modern-day birds descended from dinosaurs.

Since then more research has bolstered the original studies including that from other independent cosmological fields of study.

Most must resort to an iron self-discipline bolstered by a hefty dose of superiority over those who eat junk food.

He said this development bolstered his charge that they had been intentionally malnourished.

These will be bolstered by temporary stations that can be relocated wherever data need to be collected.

With the advent of radio and motion pictures, mariachi bands found new outlets for their music and bolstered their popularity.

Every consumer good has a cost not borne out by its price but instead falsely bolstered by a vanishing resource.

Clams bolstered by sausage and ham in a lush tomato sauce round out the big three.

Government revenues have been bolstered in recent years by high commodity prices and rapid growth.

I've always thought that having a physical language bolstered the development of my spoken.

Darwin had wholeheartedly accepted this theory, which was bolstered by the biblical account in.

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Their efforts, regrettably, will only be bolstered by the landslide.

The news bolstered the case for a bigger monetary boost, but rising inflation has all but entirely ruled that out.

Moreover, both sides have bolstered their positions with innovative and attractive new models.

She gave graphic presentations, bolstered by blow-up charts.

Forecasts for warmer weather bolstered that outlook further.

Protectionist urges are also being bolstered by countries' seeming inability to co-ordinate their fiscal stimulus programmes.

The picture appears to have been bolstered up to commercial length by.

Emergency funds should be bolstered to fight sovereign and banking contagion.

More recent studies have bolstered that conclusion.

And for that the demand side needed to be bolstered by letting in zillions of migrants.

All this has bolstered consumer spending and helped salve the wounds that the falling stock market inflicted on households.

Rising prices of gold have bolstered this safety net.

The findings bolstered the link between hospital size and quality of care that had been found in previous studies.

Africa needs to be bolstered in their political arena.

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Word Origin & History

bolster

O.E. bolster "bolster, cushion, something stuffed so that it swells up," especially "long, stuffed pillow," from P.Gmc. *bolkhstraz (cf. O.N. bolstr, Dan., Swed., Du. bolster, Ger. polster), from PIE *bhelgh- "to swell" (see belly). The verb in the figurative sense is from

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c.1500, on the notion of "to support with a bolster, prop up."

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