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Meaning of 'boast'
Meaning of 'boast' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Boast 
[ n.]
- Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. [ n.]- The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
2. Boast [ v. i.]
- 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, to boast of one's exploits courage,
descent, wealth. [ v. i.]- To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
3. Boast [ v. t.]
- To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with
pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to
extol. [ v. t.]- To display vaingloriously.
- To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
- To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
- To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
Meaning of 'boast' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. boast [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
- wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
Example in sentence:
- she was sporting a new hat
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