boost

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To increase or improve something.

   The company hopes the ads will boost sales.

2. 2
   noun

   Something that helps to increase or improve something.

   The good news gave a real boost to the team's morale.

3. 3
   verb

   To push or lift someone upward from below.

   He boosted his little sister over the fence.

Unknown. The verb is first recorded 1815; the noun, 1825. Compare Scots boost (“to move; drive off; shoo away”), bost, boast (“to threaten; scold”), Middle English boosten, bosten (“to threaten”). Possible doublet of boast.

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