Crossword-Solution: BOLSTER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bolster | n. | A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows. |
| Bolster | 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. |
| Bolster | n. | Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc. |
| Bolster | n. | A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle. |
| Bolster | 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. |
| Bolster | n. | Anything used to prevent chafing. |
| Bolster | n. | 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. |
| Bolster | n. | A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests. |
| Bolster | n. | The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck. |
| Bolster | n. | the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched. |
| Bolster | n. | That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle. |
| Bolster | n. | The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. |
| Bolster | n. | The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. |
| Bolster | n. | A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. |
| Bolster | v. t. | To support with a bolster or pillow. |
| Bolster | v. t. | To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BOLSTER | anagram | BOLTERS, LOBSTER, REBOLTS |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with BOLSTER (5)
But considering the beating that Rickfield had inflicted on a couple of earlier speakers, it looked like Nancy was trying to bolster Pierre for the upcoming onslaught.
When they discovered that their sentry had disappeared, their fears were in no way allayed, and as though to bolster their courage by warlike actions, they began to fire rapidly at the barred gates of the village, although no enemy was in sight.
Evidently the savages were once more attempting to work up their flickering courage to a point that would permit them to make another invasion of the hut, for now and then came a savage yell, such as the warriors give to bolster up their bravery upon the field of battle.
The utter hopelessness that was reflected in his face must have been the counterpart of what I myself felt, but in that brief instant I determined to hide my own misgivings that I might bolster up the courage of the others.
His benignant and imperturbable pomposity gave Roderick the sense of suffocating beneath a large fluffy bolster, and the worst of the matter was that the good gentleman’s placid vanity had an integument whose toughness no sarcastic shaft could pierce.
Quotes with BOLSTER (3)
Our opportunities to give of ourselves are indeed limitless, but they are also perishable. There are hearts to gladden. There are kind words to say. There are gifts to be given. There are deeds to be done. There are souls to be saved. As we remember that “when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God,” (Mosiah 2:17) we will not find ourselves in the unenviable position of Jacob Marley’s ghost, who spoke to Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles …
The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history.
Narcissistic personality disorder is named for Narcissus, from Greek mythology, who fell in love with his own reflection. Freud used the term to describe persons who were self-absorbed, and psychoanalysts have focused on the narcissist's need to bolster his or her self-esteem through grandiose fantasy, exaggerated ambition, exhibitionism, and feelings of entitlement.
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Appears in: Chronicle, Newsday, NYT, Slate, Universal, WP.
Used 16 times in crossword archives (1976–2024).