Look up: Boast

1. boast
   [n] - speaking of yourself in superlatives 2. [v] - show off
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2. Boast
   Boast intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Boasted ; present participle & verbal noun Boasting .] [ Middle English bosten , boosten , v., bost , boost , noun , noise, boasting; confer German bausen , bauschen , to swell, pusten , Danish puste , Swedish pusta
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3. Boast
   Boast transitive verb 1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. « Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds. Milton. » 2. To display vaingloriously. 3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name. To boast one's self , to speak with unb …
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4. Boast
   Boast transitive verb [ Of uncertain etymology.] 1. (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale. 2. (Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
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5. Boast
   Boast noun 1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. « Reason and morals? and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast ! Byron. » 2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation. « The boast of historians. Macaulay. »
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6. boast
   1. To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. ... 2. To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required. ... Origin: Of uncertain etymology. ... 1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, …
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7. boast
   boasting noun speaking of yourself in superlatives
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8. boast
   tout verb show off
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9. Boast
   • (n.) Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. • (v. t.) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. • (v. t.) To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. • (v. i.) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult. • (v. t.) To sha...
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10. boast
    brag; say great things about yourself
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