Word Finder - boasted

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To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

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

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

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To play a boast shot.

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To possess something special.

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His family boasted a famous name.

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To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

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

So each one boasted of his skill in doing some sort of labor.

At a farmers' market I recently visited, one vendor boasted that all his chickens "retained their dignity throughout their life."

It boasted the first marine hatchery in the UK.

It was found that, instead of containing nearly 6,000,000 signatures, as its originators had boasted, less than 2,000,000 names were attached to it.

This view was common among the Greeks, who boasted of being autochthonous.

That day Prince Vasili no longer boasted of his protege Kutuzov, but remained silent when the commander-in-chief was mentioned.

The few English strongholds left in Wales were now hard pressed, and Owen boasted that he would meet his enemy in the field.

Having boasted that he could construct a machine for regulating the inundations of the Nile, he was summoned to Egypt by the caliph Hakim; but, aware of the impracticability of his scheme, and fearing the caliph's anger, he feigned madness until Hakim's death in 1021.

He himself once boasted that sixteen of the bishops who then occupied the bench had been birched with his "little rod."

Cassiopeia, having boasted herself equal in beauty to the Nereids, drew down the vengeance of Poseidon, who sent an inundation on the land and a sea-monster which destroyed man and beast.

He plays the lyre at the banquets of the gods, and causes Marsyas to be flayed alive because he had boasted of his superior skill in playing the flute, and the ears of Midas to grow long because he had declared in favour of Pan, who contended that the flute was a better instrument than Apollo's favourite, the lyre.

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He began his lectures at Basel by burning the books of Avicenna and others; he afterwards boasted of having read no books for ten years; he protested that his shoe-buckles were more learned than Galen and Avicenna.

The car boasted a lightweight fiberglass body beneath the stainless steel exterior.

The series also boasted a tie-in novel written by Davies.

While OLTL has never boasted a true super couple like other shows on television, it has without a doubt created some of the most memorable pairings.

The series boasted many familiar faces from soap operas past and present including Marcy Walker, A Martinez, Nancy Grahn, Gordon Thompson, Robin Wright Penn, Justin Deas, Sydney Penny, Kim Zimmer, Lane Davies and Robin Mattson.

After the company achieved success, it went through several ownership and name changes while still producing an exquisite Gruen wristwatch line that boasted innovative features and technology.

Like other mid 20th century timepieces, the first ladies Accurist gold watches boasted Swiss construction combined with an avant-garde style.

The bombardment of Beira, the fall of Acre, and the total collapse of the boasted power of Mehemet Ali followed in rapid succession, and before the close of the year Lord Palmerston's policy, which had convulsed and terrified Europe, was triumphant, and the author of it was regarded as one of the most powerful statesmen of the age.

It is worth noting that these shelters have never boasted a canopy valance.

Buy right now boasted of his fish the anxiety cdi's flagship racetrack.

Right up to the 1950s their boasted efficiency remained more rhetorical than real.

Thurso and Wick boasted both riflemen and gunners; Halkirk had a rifle corps; Lybster had artillery.

Besides Themison, its systematic founder, the school boasted many physicians eminent in their day, among whom Thessalus of Tralles, a halfeducated and boastful pretender, was one of the most popular.

Indeed the two states may contradict each other, as in the case of the 4th-century Christian pilgrim to Jerusalem who boasted that she had not washed her face for eighteen years for fear of removing therefrom the holy chrism of baptism.

Buy right now boasted of his fish the anxiety cdi 's flagship racetrack.

The supercilious man boasted about his salary, knowing that he was much wealthier than those around him.

The Clairol lighted makeup mirrors were designed in the "True to Light" series that boasted excellent lighting capabilities.

The once highest-paid actor on television boasted a $2 million paycheck-per episode of Two and a Half Men.

The machine itself often boasted elaborate decorations.

Though the leather version boasted a durable high-quality product, some mothers may have found cloth bags easier to tote around, due to the heavy nature of leather.

These are not the wild, pattern-impressive couture bags boasted by designers like Dolce & Gabbana or Fendi.

Makowsky with the goal of creating handbags that boasted the same luxurious qualities as the big names - without the exorbitant price tags.

The films are the real meat of the Festival and the 2005 event boasted a list of features and shorts it could certainly be proud of.

General Hospital (GH) focuses on several families over the years, most of whom boasted doctors in their family trees.

During the 80s, Hughes boasted very long hair that was ultra-feminine, a contrast to her very strong, forthright and tough character.

Their marriage in 1981 boasted the highest ratings ever of a daytime serial.

Crossover vehicles also boasted the ride, drive, and feel of a car instead of an SUV or truck.

Of course, curled looks aren't the only style boasted by cheerleading hair pieces.

American Fidelity Assurance Company has boasted this high rating consistently for over a decade.

Among others, it boasted a spyware-free program (something LimeWire users can't really count on).

Although the iPod before it boasted the first colored screen in the series, actual video playback is a new feature.

Yes, in 1977, Star Wars boasted no roman numeral, no 'A New Hope' subtitle; it stood alone.

This version also boasted Laurence Olivier as Van Helsing.

As of August 2008, Windows Live Spaces boasted more than 120 million registered users globally.

The place-name "Gospel Oak," which occurs in London and elsewhere, is a relic of these rogation processions, the gospel of the day being read at the foot of the finest oak the parish boasted.

Murat boasted that he had ioo,000 men behind him, and on his return Massenbach implored his chief to submit to an unconditional surrender, advice which the prince accepted, though as a fact Murat's horses were completely exhausted and he had no infantry whatever within call.

A Roman Catholic could not well have boasted, as Stevinus in a political pamphlet did, that he had always been in harmony with the executive power.

He read little, and often boasted that he would have known as little as other men if he had read as much.