Definitions for the word, boast

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

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

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

(v. i.) 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.

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

(v. t.) To display vaingloriously.

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

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

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


44 words found in the Scrabble word, boast



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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