Synonym: help, hoist, lift, push, shove, thrust. Similar words: loose, choose, book, boom, boot, booth, book for, notebook. Meaning: [buːst] n. 1. the act of giving hope or support to someone 2. an increase in cost 3. the act of giving a push. v. 1. increase 2. give a boost to; be beneficial to 3. contribute to the progress or growth of 4. increase or raise 5. push or shove upward, as if from below or behind.
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211. Selenium works synergistically with vitamin E to boost antioxidant power and prevent or slow signs of aging and hardening of tissues through oxidation.
212. But starting a casual conversation with a stranger -- especially when that stranger has the power to boost your career -- can be nerve-wracking for even the most outgoing people.
213. Washington should use the new wave of optimism for science to drive policy-making rather than to boost political agendas.
214. A leading Chinese scientist has appealed for funding to make many Chinese journals open access and give priority to domestic science publications to boost the country's scientific journals.
215. Rudy Giuliani's bid for the presidency received a big boost with an endorsement from Pat Robertson, a prominent televangelist. Mr.
216. Seventy-three percent of CEOs expect their companies' sales to rise over the next six months, while 47 percent plan to boost U.S. capital spending over that time.
217. This will give a 25% speed boost to your Vindicator on the return flight home resulting in less damage and allows you to use your Vindicators again sooner.
218. Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C.
219. And, higher prices for agricultural products and higher migrant wages can help boost rural incomes and reduce urban-rural inequality, thus helping to improve the primary income distribution.
220. Even better, the actual loss of excess fat provides an energy boost of its own.
221. That gave the Three Lions a boost and they ended the first half strongly, leading to the talking point of the game as Lampard thought he had completed a remarkable comeback.
222. In this paper a distance-inertial guidance system in boost phase of the launch vehicle is presented by means of system identification and parameter estimation theory.
223. Glenny experimented with substances as varied as tapioca and aluminum hydroxide to boost the effectiveness of diphtheria and tetanus vaccines given to animals.
224. It is hoped that efforts to better conserve the country's myriad sites could also boost tourism, which is now heavily dependent on Shiite Muslim pilgrims visiting Iraq's various religious shrines.
225. It could be that women boost corporate performance, or it could be that better-performing firms have the luxury of recruiting and keeping high-potential women.
226. Yet 87% think high profile events –such as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and Euro 2012 –will boost patriotism.
227. It could borrow cash and return it to shareholders via a special dividend(sentencedict.com), or use the funds to boost stakes in firms such as Chile's SQM or China's Sinofert.
228. Brian Wansink first became interested in the school lunchroom when he was asked to help a group of New York schools boost fresh fruit consumption among students.
229. Indeed, one of the studies found that a boost in the brain's ability to rewire itself and a corresponding improvement in memory could be passed on.
230. The lowering of interest rates, may experts believe, would give a great boost to the house market.
231. Trade analyst Nita Taneja at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations warns that favorable trade accords alone are insufficient to boost commerce.
232. She was almost written off after the debacle of her first film Boom and was doing a Telugu film when Salman decided to give a boost to her shaky career with a plum role in Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya .
233. As this information is being beamed to you, your body must be able to receive it, transduce it, boost it, and beam it back out to others.
234. The United Nation's International Labor Organization and labor rights groups say Asian governments need to boost social protection programs for women and workers vulnerable to the global recession.
235. It's not to be treated as a comprehensive document of the entire file system interface in Boost.
236. HONG KONG (Reuters) - European and American fashion designers feeling the pinch from the credit crisis can look to the growing ranks of China's nouveau riche to boost sales.
236. Wish you can benefit from sentencedict.com and make progress everyday!
237. Several years ago, a company developed a soybean with some genetic threads borrowed from the Brazil nut in an attempt to boost the bean's amino-acid content.
238. Heating surface distribution is sufficient and sensible, the boiler heating-up and pressure boost -up quickly, strong output, high thermal efficiency.
239. The Fed also sought to give the housing market a direct boost by promising to keep its mortgage-backed securities portfolio at its current size.
240. This research suggests that business managers could boost team performance by elevating the job satisfaction of the team members through personnel selection and molding leadership of the leader.