boast
/boʊst/ verb C2- 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.
He/she/it boasts · Past boasted · Past participle boasted · -ing form boasting
Verb forms
- Base form
- boast
- He/she/it
- boasts
- Past
- boasted
- Past participle
- boasted
- -ing form
- boasting
From the library
“And oh, brother Anthony, don’t ever boast of the power of money again.
Now, was there ever a wolf that could boast of a man’s cub among her children?”
They boast and chatter and pretend that they are a great people about to do great affairs in the jungle, but the falling of a nut turns their minds to laughter and all is forgotten.
“I wouldn’t be likely to boast of it if he did, the horrid creature!
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