Board, v. a.
- 1. Cover with boards.
- 2. Enter or go on board of (a vessel) by force.
- 3. Furnish with meals.
Boards, n. pl. [With The.] The stage (of a theatre).
Boast, v. n. Brag, vaunt, gasconade, vapor, bluster, crow, crack, flourish, exalt one’s self, magnify one’s self, give one’s self airs, talk big, ride a high horse.
Boast, v. a.
- 1. Magnify (unduly), make much of, boast of, brag of.
- 2. (Sculp.) Shape roughly (as a block of marble)
Boast, n.
- 1. Vaunt, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaporing, bravado, boasting, blustering, swaggering, fanfaronade,
flourish of trumpets, much cry and little wool.
- 2. Cause of pride or laudable exultation.
Boaster, n. Braggart, braggadocio See blusterer.
Boastful, a. Boasting, vaunting, bragging, braggart, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock-a- hoop.
Boasting, n. Vaunt, brag. See boast.
Boast one’s self. Exult over-confidently.
Boat-shaped, a. (Bot.) Cymbiform, navicular, scaphoid.
Bob, v. a.
- 1. Move with a jerk.
- 2. Strike (suddenly and lightly), rap, knock.
- 3. Clip, cut short.
- 4. (Rare.) Steal, purloin, rob, pilfer, filch, cabbage, get by fraud