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boast / bōst/ • v. 1. talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities: [with direct speech] Ted used to boast, “I manage ten people” 2. [tr.] (of a person, place, or thing) possess (a feature that is a source of pride): the hotel boasts high standards of comfort. • n. an act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction: I said I would score, and it wasn't an idle boast. DERIVATIVES: boast·er n. boast·ing·ly adv. boast2 • n. (in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the sidewalls before hitting the front wall. |
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"boast." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "boast." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-boast.html "boast." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-boast.html |
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1. To cut material, especially stone, to the general form, leaving it for later carving into, say, a capital. Such a form, awaiting fine dressing, is called boasted or bossage. 2. To dress stone with a boaster or drove (a broad chisel): boasted or droved dressings have regular marks like ribands or small chequers; irregular rough dressings are random-tooled or random-droved. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "boast." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "boast." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-boast.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "boast." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-boast.html |
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boast sb. XIII; vb. XIV (in early use both sb. and vb. often denote or imply clamorous or threatening utterance). — AN. bost and *boster, of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "boast." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "boast." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-boast.html T. F. HOAD. "boast." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-boast.html |
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Boasta number of soldiers, 1486 [15th-century pun on exploits recounted by returning soldiers]. |
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"Boast." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Boast." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300139.html "Boast." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300139.html |
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•boast, coast, ghost, host, most, oast, post, roast, toast
•backmost • headmost • leftmost
•endmost • midmost • hindmost
•rightmost • topmost • foremost
•almost • northernmost • downmost
•outmost • southernmost • upmost
•utmost • rearmost • lowermost
•undermost • innermost • uppermost
•aftermost
•centremost (US centermost)
•westernmost • easternmost
•bottommost • outermost • uttermost
•nethermost • furthermost
•lamp post • bedpost • gatepost
•Freepost • impost • guidepost
•milepost • signpost • doorpost
•outpost • goalpost • newel post
•fingerpost • sternpost
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"boast." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "boast." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-boast.html "boast." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-boast.html |
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