Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 59
Blunt (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.
Blunt (n.) A fencer's foil. [Obs.]
Blunt (n.) A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
Blunt (n.) Money. [Cant] -- Beaconsfield.
Blunt (a.) Having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil."
Blunt (a.) Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument."
Blunt (a.) Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder].
Blunt (a.) Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)].
Blunt (v.) Make less intense; "blunted emotions."
Blunt (v.) Make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: numb, benumb, blunt, dull].
Blunt (v.) Make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" [syn: dull, blunt] [ant: sharpen].
Blunt (v.) Make less sharp; "blunt the knives."
Blunt (v.) Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" [syn: deaden, blunt] [ant: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up].
Blunt, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
Population (2000): 370
Housing Units (2000): 178
Land area (2000): 0.491587 sq. miles (1.273204 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.491587 sq. miles (1.273204 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06180
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 44.516505 N, 99.988340 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57522
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Bluntish (a.) Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.
Bluntly (adv.) In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.
Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. -- Jeffrey.
Bluntly (adv.) In a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly" [syn: bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, flat out, roundly].
Bluntness (n.) Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.
The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. -- Holland.
Bluntness (n.) Abruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of speech." -- Boyle.
Bluntness (n.) The quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman."
Bluntness (n.) Without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" [syn: dullness, bluntness] [ant: asperity, keenness, sharpness].
Blunt-witted (n.) Dull; stupid.
Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanor! -- Shak.
Blurred (imp. & p. p.) of Blur.
Blurring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blur.
Blur (v. t.) 使模糊不清，使朦朧；弄髒；玷汙 To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink.
But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor Which then he wore. -- Shak.
Blur (v. t.) To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare. -- J . R. Drake.
Blur (v. t.) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
Sarcasms may eclipse thine own, But can not blur my lost renown. -- Hudibras.
Syn: To spot; blot; disfigure; stain; sully.
Blur (n.) 模糊；模糊不清的事物 [S]；汙點，汙跡 [C] That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance.
As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse. -- Fuller.
Blur (n.) A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur.
Blur (n.) A moral stain or blot.
Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name. -- Udall.
Blur (n.) A hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz" [syn: blur, fuzz].
Blur (v.) Become glassy; lose clear vision; "Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep" [syn: film over, glaze over, blur].
Blur (v.) To make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills" [ant: focus].
Blur (v.) Make unclear, indistinct, or blurred; "Her remarks confused the debate"; "Their words obnubilate their intentions" [syn: confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate].
Blur (v.) Make a smudge on; soil by smudging [syn: smear, blur, smudge, smutch].
Blur (v.) Make dim or indistinct; "The fog blurs my vision" [syn: blur, blear] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen].
Blur (v.) Become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" [syn: blur, dim, slur] [ant: focalise, focalize, focus].
Blurred (a.) Out of focus; not sharply defined.
Syn: bleary, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, muzzy.
Blurred (a.) Indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" [syn: bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy].
Blurred (a.) Unclear in form or expression; "the blurred aims of the group"; "sometimes one understood clearly and sometimes the meaning was clouded" -- H.G.Wells [syn: blurred, clouded].
Blurred (a.) 模糊不清的；難辨別的；blur 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Unable to see or be seen clearly.
‘Blurred vision.’
Blurred (a.) Not clear or distinct; hazy.
‘The blurred distinctions between childhood and adulthood.’
Blurry (a.) Full of blurs; blurred.
Blurry (a.) Indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" [syn: bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy].
Blurted (imp. & p. p.) of Blurt.
Blurting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blurt.
Blurt (v. t.) To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.
Others .
. . can not hold, but blurt out, those words which afterward they are forced
to eat. -- Hakewill.
To blurt at, to speak contemptuously of. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Blurt (v.) Utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate].
Blush (v. t.) To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make roseate. [Obs.]
To blush and beautify the cheek again. -- Shak.
Blush (v. t.) To express or make known by blushing.
I'll blush you thanks. -- Shak.
Blushed (imp. & p. p.) of Blush.
Blushing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Blush.
Blush (v. i.) To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face.
To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn. -- Milton.
In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the young offender is ashamed to blush. -- Buckminster.
He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous worth, That blushed at its own praise. -- Cowper.
Blush (v. i.) To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.
The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But stayed, and made the western welkin blush. -- Shak.
Blush (v. i.) To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers.
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. -- T. Gray.
Blush (n.) A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.
The rosy blush of love. -- Trumbull.
Blush (n.) A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.
Light's last blushes tinged the distant hills. -- Lyttleton.
At first blush, or At the first blush, at the first appearance or view. "At the first blush, we thought they had been ships come from France." -- Hakluyt.
Note: This phrase is used now more of ideas, opinions, etc., than of material things. "All purely identical propositions, obviously, and at first blush, appear," etc. -- Locke.
To put to the blush, to cause to blush with shame; to put to shame.
Blush (n.) A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health [syn: bloom, blush, flush, rosiness].
Blush (n.) Sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) [syn: blush, flush].
Blush (v.) Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn: blush, crimson, flush, redden].
Blush (v.) Become rosy or reddish; "her cheeks blushed in the cold winter air."
Blush (v.) [ I ] (B2) （通常因尷尬而）臉紅 To become pink in the face, usually from embarrassment.
// I always blush when I speak in public.
// I blush to think of what a fool I made of myself.
Blusher (n.) One that blushes.
Blusher (n.) Yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched [syn: blushing mushroom, blusher, Amanita rubescens].
Blusher (n.) Makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks [syn: rouge, paint, blusher].
Blushet (n.) A modest girl. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Blushful (a.) Full of blushes.
While from his ardent look the turning Spring Averts her blushful face. -- Thomson.
Blushful (a.) Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger" [syn: blushful, blushing(a), red-faced].
Blushful (a.) Of blush color; "blushful mists" [syn: blushful, rosy].
Blushing (a.) Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.
The dappled pink and blushing rose. -- Prior.
Blushing (n.) The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.
Blushing (a.) Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset; "the blushing boy was brought before the Principal"; "her blushful beau"; "was red-faced with anger" [syn: blushful, blushing(a), red-faced].
Blushingly (adv.) In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly.
Blushless (a.) Free from blushes; incapable of blushing; shameless; impudent.
Vice now, secure, her blushless front shall raise. -- Dodsley.
Blushy (a.) Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy. [R.] "A blushy color." -- Harvey.
Bluster (v. t.) To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.
He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. -- Sir T. More.
As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. -- Fuller.
Bluster (n.) Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.
To the winds they set Their corners, when with bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore. -- Milton.
Bluster (n.) Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. -- L'Estrange.
Syn: Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.
Blustered (imp. & p. p.) of Bluster.
Blustering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bluster.
Bluster (v. i.) To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.
And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering round. -- Milton.
Bluster (v. i.) To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage.
Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. -- Burke.
Bluster (n.) Noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations."
Bluster (n.) A swaggering show of courage [syn: bravado, bluster].
Bluster (n.) A violent gusty wind.
Bluster (n.) Vain and empty boasting [syn: braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontade].
Bluster (v.) Blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered."
Bluster (v.) Show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade].
Bluster (v.) Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner [syn: swagger, bluster, swash].
Blusterer (n.) One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer.
Blusterer (n.) A person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly [syn: loudmouth, blusterer].
Blustering (a.) Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous.
A tempest and a blustering day. -- Shak.
Blustering (a.) Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. "A blustering fellow." -- L'Estrange.
Blustering (a.) Blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" [syn: blustering(a), blusterous, blustery].
Blusteringly (adv.) In a blustering manner.
Blusterous (a.) Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering. -- Motley.
Blusterous (a.) Blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" [syn: blustering(a), blusterous, blustery].
Blustrous (a.) Blusterous. -- Shak.
Bo (interj.) An exclamation used to startle or frighten. [Spelt also boh and boo.]
BO, () Back Orifice (CDC)
Bo, () The country code for Bolivia.
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Boas (n. pl. ) of Boa.
Boa (n.) (Zool.) A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico ({Boa imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru ({Boa eques}).
Note: The name is also applied to related genera; as, the dog-headed boa ({Xiphosoma caninum"> dog-headed boa ({Xiphosoma caninum).
Boa (n.) A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.
Boa constrictor (n.) (Zool.) 紅尾蚺 A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.
Note: It has a succession of spots, alternately black and yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by constriction. The name is also loosely applied to other large serpents which crush their prey, particularly to those of the genus Python, found in Asia and Africa.
Boa constrictor (n.) Very large boa of tropical America and West Indies [syn: boa constrictor, Constrictor constrictor].
Boanerges (n.) Any declamatory and vociferous preacher or orator.
Boanerges, () Sons of thunder, a surname given by our Lord to James and John (Mark 3:17) on account of their fervid and impetuous temper (Luke 9:54).
Boanerges, () Son of thunder.
Boar (n.) (Zool.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.
Boar (n.) Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States [syn: wild boar, boar, Sus scrofa].
Boar (n.) An uncastrated male hog.
Boar, () Occurs only in Ps. 80:13. The same Hebrew word is elsewhere rendered "swine" (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 14:8; Prov. 11:22; Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17). The Hebrews abhorred swine's flesh, and accordingly none of these animals were reared, except in the district beyond the Sea of Galilee. In the psalm quoted above the powers that destroyed the Jewish nation are compared to wild boars and wild beasts of the field.
Board. () This word is used to designate all the magistrates of a city or borough, or all the managers or directors of any institution; as, the board of aldermen; the board of directors of the Bank of North America. The majority of the board have in general the power to perform the acts of the whole board, but sometimes they are restrained by their charters, and it requires a greater number to perform certain acts.
Board (v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house. -- Spectator.
Board (v. t.) To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.]
I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. -- Shak.
Boarded (imp. & p. p.) of Board.
Boarding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Board.
Board (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. "The boarded hovel." -- Cowper.
Board (v. t.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. -- Totten.
Board (v. t.) To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.]
Board (v. t.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
Board (v. t.) To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
Note: When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches, it is usually called a plank.
Board (n.) A table to put food upon.
Note: The term board answers to the modern table, but it was often movable, and placed on trestles. -- Halliwell.
Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand. -- Milton.
Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.
Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.
Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board. -- Clarendon.
We may judge from their letters to the board. -- Porteus.
Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.
Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
Board (n.) pl. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
Board (n.) The border or side of anything.
Board (n.) (Naut.) The side of a ship. "Now board to board the rival vessels row." --Dryden. See On board, below.
Board (n.) (Naut.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
Note: Board is much used adjectively or as the last part of a compound; as, fir board, clapboard, floor board, shipboard, sideboard, ironing board, chessboard, cardboard, pasteboard, seaboard; board measure.
The American Board, A shortened form of "The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions" (the foreign missionary society of the American Congregational churches).
Bed and board. See under Bed.
Board and board (Naut.), Side by side.
Board of control, Six privy councilors formerly appointed to superintend the affairs of the British East Indies. -- Stormonth.
Board rule, A figured scale for finding without calculation the number of square feet in a board. --Haldeman.
Board of trade, In England, a committee of the privy council appointed to superintend matters relating to trade. In the United States, a body of men appointed for the advancement and protection of their business interests; a chamber of commerce.
Board wages. (a) Food and lodging supplied as compensation for services; as, to work hard, and get only board wages.
Board wages. (b) Money wages which are barely sufficient to buy food and lodging.
Board wages. (c) A separate or special allowance of wages for the procurement of food, or food and lodging. -- Dryden.
By the board, Over the board, or side. "The mast went by the board." -- Totten. Hence (Fig.),
To go by the board, To suffer complete destruction or overthrow.
To enter on the boards, To have one's name inscribed on a board or tablet in a college as a student. [Cambridge, England.] "Having been entered on the boards of Trinity college." -- Hallam.
To make a good board (Naut.), To sail in a straight line when close-hauled; to lose little to leeward.
To make short boards, To tack frequently.
On board. (a) On shipboard; in a ship or a boat; on board of; as, I came on board early; to be on board ship.
On board. (b) In or into a railway car or train. [Colloq. U. S.]
Returning board, A board empowered to canvass and make an official statement of the votes cast at an election. [U.S.]
Board (n.) A committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven Members."
Board (n.) A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes [syn: board, plank].
Board (n.) A flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows."
Board (n.) Food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table].
Board (n.) A vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view [syn: display panel, display board, board].
Board (n.) A table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board" [syn: dining table, board].
Board (n.) Electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree" [syn: control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel].
Board (n.) A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities [syn: circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-in].
Board (n.) A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces" [syn: board, gameboard].
Board (v.) Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) [syn: board, get on] [ant: get off].
Board (v.) Live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" [syn: board, room].
Board (v.) Lodge and take meals (at).
Board (v.) Provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men."
Board (n.) In-context synonym for bboard; sometimes used even for Usenet newsgroups (but see usage note under bboard, sense 1).
Board (n.) An electronic circuit board.
Board, () In-context synonym for bboard; sometimes used even for Usenet newsgroups.
Board, () An electronic circuit board.
Boardable (a.) That can be boarded, as a ship.
Boarder (n.) One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.
Boarder (n.) (Naut.) One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship. -- Totten.
Boarder (n.) A tenant in someone's house [syn: lodger, boarder, roomer].
Boarder (n.) Someone who forces their way aboard ship; "stand by to repel boarders."
Boarder (n.) A pupil who lives at school during term time.
Boarding (n.) (Naut.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.
Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. -- Sir F. Drake.
Boarding (n.) The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.
Boarding (n.) The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay.
Boarding house, a house in which boarders are kept.
Boarding nettings (Naut.), a strong network of cords or ropes erected at the side of a ship to prevent an enemy from boarding it.
Boarding pike (Naut.), A pike used by sailors in boarding a vessel, or in repelling an attempt to board it. -- Totten.
Boarding school, A school in which pupils receive board and lodging as well as instruction.
Boarding (n.) The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft [syn: boarding, embarkation, embarkment] [ant: debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment].
Boarding (n.) A structure of boards.
Boarfish (n.) (Zool.) A Mediterranean fish ({Capros aper), of the family Caproidae; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout.
Boarfish (n.) (Zool.) An Australian percoid fish ({Histiopterus recurvirostris), valued as a food fish.
Boarfish (n.) Fish with large eyes and long snouts.
Boarfish (n.) Fish with a projecting snout [syn: boarfish, Capros aper].
Boarish (a.) Swinish; brutal; cruel.
In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs. -- Shak.
Boasted (imp. & p. p.) of Boast.
Boasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boast.
Boast (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.
By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast. -- Eph. ii. 8, 9.
Boast (v. i.) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
In God we boast all the day long. -- Ps. xliv. 8
Syn: To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.
Boast (v. t.) 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.
Boast (v. t.) To display vaingloriously.
Boast (v. t.) 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
Boast (v. t.) (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
Boast (v. t.) (Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
Boast (n.) Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
Reason and morals? and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! -- Byron.
Boast (n.) The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
The boast of historians. -- Macaulay.
Boast (n.) Speaking of yourself in superlatives [syn: boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation].
Boast (v.) Show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade].
Boast (v.) Wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat" [syn: sport, feature, boast].
Boastance (n.) Boasting. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Boaster (n.) One who boasts; a braggart.
Boaster (n.) A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.
Boaster (n.) A very boastful and talkative person [syn: bragger, braggart, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter, vaunter].