BOAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boast mean?
• BOAST (noun)
The noun BOAST has 1 sense:
1. speaking of yourself in superlatives
Familiarity information: BOAST used as a noun is very rare.
• BOAST (verb)
The verb BOAST has 2 senses:
1. show off
2. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
Familiarity information: BOAST used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BOAST (noun)
Meaning:
Speaking of yourself in superlatives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise
Hypernyms ("boast" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boast"):
brag; bragging; crow; crowing; gasconade; line-shooting; vaporing (an instance of boastful talk)
bluster; braggadocio; rhodomontade; rodomontade (vain and empty boasting)
vaunt (extravagant self-praise)
self-assertion (the act of putting forth your own opinions in a boastful or inconsiderate manner that implies you feel superior to others)
• BOAST (verb)
Meaning:
Show off
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
shoot a line; brag; boast; gasconade; vaunt; tout; gas; bluster; swash; blow
Hypernyms (to "boast" is one way to...):
amplify; exaggerate; hyerbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "boast"):
puff (speak in a blustering or scornful manner)
crow; gloat; triumph (dwell on with satisfaction)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody
Meaning:
Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
sport; boast; feature
Context example:
she was sporting a new hat
Hypernyms (to "boast" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
