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# bolster

«bolster» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long, round pillow that lies across the top of a bed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (bolsters); verb (bolsters, bolstered, bolstering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A bolster is a long, round pillow that lies across the top of a bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolster/#m1)

2) To bolster is to support or strengthen something: bolster your courage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolster/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, the bolster is the long pillow on a bed that the little woman pulled out of place

### examples

- She put a bolster under her head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolster/#x1)
- The bear's bolster was pulled out of place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolster/#x2)
- Good training will bolster your confidence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolster/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bolster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bolster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.