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 →

2) To bolster is to support or strengthen something: bolster your courage. tree →

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 →
• The bear's bolster was pulled out of place. tree →
• Good training will bolster your confidence. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bolster» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.