different between boost vs cultivation

English

Etymology

Of unknown origin. 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu?st/
• Rhymes: -u?st

Noun

boost (plural boosts)

1. A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
2. Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.

3. (physics) A coordinate transformation that changes velocity.
4. (automotive engineering) A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.

Derived terms

• battery booster
• booster
• boosterism

Translations

Verb

boost (third-person singular simple present boosts, present participle boosting, simple past and past participle boosted)

1. (transitive) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
2. (transitive, by extension) To help or encourage (something) to increase or improve; to assist in overcoming obstacles.

   This campaign will boost your chances of winning the election.

3. (slang, transitive) To steal.
   • 1978, Harold J. Vetter, Ira J. Silverman, The Nature of Crime (page 296)

     It is not at all unusual or suspicious for a woman to spend a good deal of the day out shopping, and feminine clothing styles often make it relatively easy for a female shoplifter to conceal "boosted" merchandise on her person.

4. (Canada, transitive) To jump-start a vehicle by using cables to connect the battery in a running vehicle to the battery in a vehicle that won't start.
   • 1980, Popular Mechanics (volume 154, number 4, page 152)

     It's easy to boost a dead battery, but this can be dangerous if it's done the wrong way.

   • 2004, "Doug Mitchell", how to connect for boost? (on newsgroup alt.autos.gm)

     If I want to use the charged Montana battery to boost my old Summit where do I connect the negative cable on the good battery of the Montana?
5. (transitive, medicine) To give a booster shot to.
6. (transitive, engineering) To amplify; to signal boost.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• overboost
• upboost

Translations

Anagrams

• Boots, boots, botos

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cultivation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?lt??ve???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cultivation (countable and uncountable, plural cultivations)

1. The art or act of cultivating; improvement of land for or by agriculture

2. The state of being cultivated or used for agriculture

   These fields are in cultivation.

3. Devotion of time or attention to the improvement of (something)

   His steadfast cultivation of their relationship finally bore fruit.

4. Advancement or refinement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition

   She is a woman of great cultivation.

Synonyms

• (art or act of cultivating): tillage
• (advancement or refinement in condition): refinement, culture; education

Related terms

• cultivar
• cultivate, cultivator

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyl.ti.va.sj??/

Noun

cultivation f (plural cultivations)

1. cultivation

Related terms

• cultivable
• cultiver
• cultivateur