Verb

(en verb)

To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

* 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .

On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped the pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry.

To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

* (John Milton)

Lest bad men should boast / Their specious deeds.

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(obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

* Bible, Psalms xiiv. 8

In God we boast all the day long.

(squash) To play a .

(ergative) To possess something special.

Verb

(en verb)

(masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

(Weale)

(sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.