Bolster

[bol·ster]

When you cheer up a friend who's feeling down, you bolster them. To bolster is to offer support or strengthen.

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A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.

Noun
a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

Verb
support and strengthen; "bolster morale"

Verb
add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"

Verb
prop up with a pillow or bolster

n.
A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.

n.
A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.

n.
Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.

n.
A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.

n.
A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.

n.
Anything used to prevent chafing.

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A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.

n.
A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.

n.
The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.

n.
the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.

n.
That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle.

n.
The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.

n.
The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.

n.
A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.

v. t.
To support with a bolster or pillow.

v. t.
To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.

Bolster

Bol"ster , n. [AS. bolster; akin to Icel. blstr, Sw. & Dan. bolster, OHG. bolstar, polstar, G. polster; from the same root as E. bole stem, bowl hollow vessel. Cf. Bulge, Poltroon.] 1. A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.
And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, This way the coverlet, another way the sheets.
2. A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
This arm shall be a bolster for thy head.
3. Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc. 4. (Saddlery) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle. 5. (Naut.) (a) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing. (b) Anything used to prevent chafing. 6. A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment. 7. A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests. 8. The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck. 9. (Mech.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched. 10. (Cutlery) (a) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle. (b) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. G. Francis. 11. (Arch.) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. G. Francis. 12. (Mil.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. [See Illust. of Gun carriage.] Bolster work (Arch.), members which are bellied or curved outward like cushions, as in friezes of certain classical styles.

Bolster

Bol"ster, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolstered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolstering.] 1. To support with a bolster or pillow. S. Sharp. 2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.
To bolster baseness.
Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride.

A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.

To support with a bolster or pillow.

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Usage Examples

Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt.

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Other Usage Examples

Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and having a better connection to the food around you and the people around you, only good can come of that. I love to be involved with things like that.

I think I make films to help bolster and feed the part of me that wants to remain in a positive relationship with the world and to engage in it. So hopefully in non-sentimental ways, I'm trying to make something that helps make me happy.