[boost] 
| 1. | to lift or raise by pushing from behind or below. |
| 2. | to advance or aid by speaking well of; promote: She always boosts her hometown. |
| 3. | to increase; raise: to boost prices; to boost the horsepower of the car by 20 percent. |
| 4. | Slang. to steal, esp. to shoplift: Two typewriters were boosted from the office last night. |
| 5. | Slang. to engage in stealing, esp. shoplifting. |
| 6. | an upward shove or raise; lift. |
| 7. | an increase; rise: There's been a tremendous boost in food prices. |
| 8. | an act, remark, or the like, that helps one's progress, morale, efforts, etc.: His pep talk was the boost our team needed. |
| boost (bōōst) v. boost·ed, boost·ing, boosts v. tr.
Slang To engage in stealing, especially shoplifting or pickpocketing. n.
[Perhaps from dialectal boostering, bustling, active.] |
boost (b st) Pronunciation Key
A linear map from one reference frame to another in which each coordinate is increased or decreased by an independent constant or linear function. A boost corresponds to a shift of the entire coordinate system without any rotation of its axes. |
