BOAST
\bˈə͡ʊst], \bˈəʊst], \b_ˈəʊ_s_t]\
Definitions of BOAST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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show off
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wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"
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speaking of yourself in superlatives
By Princeton University
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show off
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wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat"
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speaking of yourself in superlatives
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
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To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
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To display vaingloriously.
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To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
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To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
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To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
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Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
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The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, - sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
By Oddity Software
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To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
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To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
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To display vaingloriously.
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To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
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To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
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To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
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Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
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The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, - sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
By Noah Webster.
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To brag; to speak of oneself or belongings in loud and vain terms; to exult.
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To brag of.
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A proud, vainglorious speech; a cause of pride, vanity, or praiseworthy triumph.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To talk vaingloriously: to brag.
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To brag of: speak proudly or confidently of: to magnify or exalt one's self.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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