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boast
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bo?st/
- Rhymes: -??st
Etymology 1
From Middle English bosten, from bost (“boast, glory, noise, arrogance, presumption, pride, vanity”), probably of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“inflated, swollen, puffed up, proud, arrogant, bad”). Cognate with Scots bost, boist (“to threaten, brag, boast”), Anglo-Norman bost (“ostentation”) (from Germanic). Related to Norwegian baus (“proud, bold, daring”), dialectal German baustern (“to swell”), German böse (“evil, bad, angry”), Dutch boos (“evil, wicked, angry”), West Frisian boas (“bad, wicked, angry, shrewd, clever”). Compare also dialectal Norwegian bausta, busta (“to rush onward, make a noise”).
Noun
boast (plural boasts)
- A brag; ostentatious positive appraisal of oneself.
- Something that one brags about.
- (squash (sport)) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.
Translations
Verb
boast (third-person singular simple present boasts, present participle boasting, simple past and past participle boasted)
- (intransitive) To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.
- 2005, Lesley Brown (translator), Plato, Sophist, 235c.
- On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped the pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry.
- 2005, Lesley Brown (translator), Plato, Sophist, 235c.
- (transitive) To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.
- (obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.
- (squash (sport)) To play a boast shot.
- (ergative) To possess something special (e.g. as a feature).
Synonyms
- brag
Derived terms
- boastful
- boastfully
- boastworthy
- outboast
Translations
Etymology 2
Verb
boast (third-person singular simple present boasts, present participle boasting, simple past and past participle boasted)
- (masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
- (sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
References
- “boast”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- basto, boats, sabot
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protest
English
Etymology
From the Middle English verb protesten, from Old French protester, from Latin pr?test?r?, present active infinitive of pr?testor, from pr? + testor, from testis (“witness”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p???.t?st/
- (US) enPR: pr??t?st, IPA(key): /?p?o?.t?st/
- Hyphenation: pro?test
Verb
- enPR: pr?.t?st?, IPA(key): /p???t?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Hyphenation: pro?test
Verb
protest (third-person singular simple present protests, present participle protesting, simple past and past participle protested)
- (intransitive) To make a strong objection.
- (transitive) To affirm (something).
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- Our youth, now, emboldened with his success, resolved to push the matter farther, and ventured even to beg her recommendation of him to her father's service; protesting that he thought him one of the honestest fellows in the country, and extremely well qualified for the place of a gamekeeper, which luckily then happened to be vacant.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, Ch.8
- She flashed a smile at me, and, protesting an engagement with her dentist, jauntily walked on.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
- (transitive, chiefly Canada, US) To object to.
- To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
- (law, transitive) to make a solemn written declaration, in due form, on behalf of the holder, against all parties liable for any loss or damage to be sustained by non-acceptance or non-payment of (a bill or note). This should be made by a notary public, whose seal it is the usual practice to affix.
- (obsolete, transitive) To publish; to make known.
Translations
Noun
protest (countable and uncountable, plural protests)
- A formal objection, especially one by a group.
- A collective gesture of disapproval; a demonstration.
- The noting by a notary public of an unpaid or unaccepted bill.
- A written declaration, usually by the master of a ship, stating the circumstances attending loss or damage of ship or cargo, etc.
Synonyms
- dissent
- objection
- protestation
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Potters, potters, spotter, strepto, strepto-
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?prot?st]
Noun
protest m
- protest
Related terms
- protestní
- protestovat
- protestant
- protestantismus
- protestantský
- protestantství
Further reading
- protest in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- protest in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin protest?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pro??t?st/
- Hyphenation: pro?test
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
protest n (plural protesten, diminutive protestje n)
- protest (occasion to express dissatisfaction)
- protest (expression of disagreement)
Hyponyms
- betoging
- demonstratie
Derived terms
Related terms
- protestant
- protesteren
Descendants
- Afrikaans: protes
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin protestari, as for protestere
Noun
protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protester, definite plural protestene)
- a protest
Derived terms
- protestmarsj
Related terms
- protestere
References
- “protest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin protestari
Noun
protest m (definite singular protesten, indefinite plural protestar, definite plural protestane)
- a protest
Derived terms
- protestmarsj
References
- “protest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From German Protest, from Italian protesto, from Latin pr?test?r?, present active infinitive of pr?testor, from pr? + testor, from testis (“witness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pr?.t?st/
Noun
protest m inan
- (law) protest (formal objection)
- protest (demonstration)
Declension
Synonyms
- demonstracja
Related terms
- protestant, protestantka
- protestowa?, zaprotestowa?
Further reading
- protest in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- protest in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Back-formation from protesta
Noun
protest n (plural proteste)
- protest
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From German Protest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pr?test/
- Hyphenation: pro?test
Noun
pròtest m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- protest
Declension
Synonyms
- pròsvjed
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
protest c
- protest
Declension
Related terms
- protestera
- protestant
Anagrams
- torpets
Welsh
Etymology
From English protest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pr?t?sd/, [?pr???t??st]
Noun
protest f (plural protestiadau or protestadau)
- protest, demonstration (collective gesture of disapproval)
- Synonym: gwrthdystiad
Derived terms
- protestio (“to protest”)
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “protest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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