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3. [söz] magtanmak [Umumy]

4. [işlik] baýrynmak [Umumy]

Webster's English Dictionary

boast

v. i. [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. psa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may be from English.]1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth. ()

By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast. (Eph. ii. 8, 9.)

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

In God we boast all the day long. (Ps. xliv. 8)

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v. t. 1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. ()

Lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds. (Milton.)

2. To display vaingloriously. ()

3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name. ()

To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic] ()

Boast not thyself of to-morrow. (Prov. xxvii. 1)

v. t. [Of uncertain etymology.]1. (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. (Weale.)

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

n. 1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. ()

Reason and morals? and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! (Byron.)

2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation. ()

The boast of historians. (Macaulay.)