boost

Etymology
. The verb is first recorded 1815; the noun, 1825. Compare 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1) A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
 * 2) Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
 * 3)  A coordinate transformation that changes velocity.
 * 4)  A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
 * 1)  A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.

Translations

 * Belarusian: узмацненне
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, , duwtje in de rug
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German: Boost
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,


 * German:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: запомо́га

Verb

 * 1)  To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
 * 2)  To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.
 * 3)  To steal.
 * 4)  To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
 * 5)  To give a booster shot to.
 * 6)  To amplify; to signal boost.
 * 1)  To steal.
 * 2)  To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
 * 3)  To give a booster shot to.
 * 4)  To amplify; to signal boost.
 * 1)  To give a booster shot to.
 * 2)  To amplify; to signal boost.
 * 1)  To give a booster shot to.
 * 2)  To amplify; to signal boost.
 * 1)  To amplify; to signal boost.

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch: een zetje geven, een duwtje geven, een duwtje in de rug geven
 * Esperanto: vigliĝi
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, давать толчок
 * Spanish: ,


 * German: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: (el)lop,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Italian: ,
 * Manx:
 * Romanian: ,

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A  impulse, stimulus, push.