| Front | boast |
|---|---|
| Back | boast verb, noun BrE /bəʊst/ NAmE /boʊst/ verb verb forms word origin thesaurus example bank 1 [intransitive, transitive] to talk with too much pride about sth that you have or can do I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages. ~ about sth She is always boasting about how wonderful her children are. ~ of sth He openly boasted of his skill as a burglar. ~ that… Sam boasted that she could beat anyone at poker. + speech ‘I won!’ she boasted. 2 [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) ~ sth to have sth that is impressive and that you can be proud of The hotel also boasts two swimming pools and a golf course. Rhodes boasts 300 days of sunshine a year. noun word origin example bank ~ (that…) (often disapproving) something that a person talks about in a very proud way, often to seem more important or clever Despite his boasts that his children were brilliant, neither of them went to college. It was her proud boast that she had never missed a day's work because of illness. Her claim that she could beat us all was clearly no idle/empty boast (= it was true). |
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