boast
1. boast \'bo-st\ \'bo-st-f*l\ \-f*-le-\ n [ME boost] 1: the act of
boasting : BRAG 2: a cause for pride - boast.ful aj
2. boast vi 1: to vaunt oneself : BRAG archaic 2: GLORY, EXULT 1: to
speak of or assert with excessive pride 2: to possess or display proudly
sion to one's pride in oneself or one's accomplishment. BOAST implies
ostentatiousness and usu. exaggeration; BRAG suggests a crude and artless
glorifying of oneself; VAUNT is more literary than the others and usu.
connotes more pomp and bombast than BOAST and less crudity than BRAG; CROW
implies an exulting esp. over a defeated opponent - boast.er n SYN syn
BOAST, BRAG, VAUNT, CROW mean to give expres
3. boast vt [origin unknown] : to shape (stone) roughly with a broad chisel
in sculpture and stonecutt ing as a preliminary to finer work