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oast
n. 1 brag, bragging: They did not make good their boasts of
being the fastest in the competition.
--v. 2 brag, vaunt, crow, show off, Colloq US blow or toot
one's (own) horn or trumpet; Slang lay it on thick, talk big:
He boasted that he was the best poker player in the casino.
boastful adj. ostentatious, show-off, bragging, vainglorious,
egotistical, vain, conceited: She's boastful about her wealth,
but it was all left to her by her mother.
boat
bode
body
bog
n. vessel, craft, skiff, small craft, motor boat, speedboat,
knockabout, runabout, yacht, motor yacht, sailing-yacht, Brit
rowing-boat, sailing-boat, US row-boat, sailboat, Colloq ship:
I bought a 30-foot boat at this year's show. They went off on a
slow boat to China.
v. portend, promise, augur, betoken, forebode, presage;
foreshadow: The weather bodes well for the picnic.
n. 1 corpse, cadaver, remains, carcass, Slang stiff: A body
has been dragged up from the lake. 2 trunk, torso: They found
the body, but the arms, legs, and head were missing. 3 main
part or portion, hull, fuselage: The body of the plane remained
intact, though the wings and superstructure broke away. 4
substance, essentials, main part, essence, heart, centre, core:
The body of the book is all right, but the index needs work. 5
majority, bulk, main part or portion, mass(es): Under Henry
VIII the main body of the people were prosperous. 6
association, league, band, corps, confederation, fraternity,
society; committee, council; group, assemblage, assembly,
congress, company: It is not within the power of this body to
do more than vote on the proposal. 7 richness, substance,
firmness, consistency, solidity, thickness, density, fullness,
viscosity, fullness: This wine has excellent body. Add a little
cornflour to give the sauce more body.
n. 1 swamp, fen, marsh, quagmire: The peat bogs have yielded
interesting fossils. 2 bog down. impede, slow, hamper,
encumber, stymie, stick, handicap, clog, check, set back, hold
back: Traffic is bogged down owing to roadworks.
bogus
adj. counterfeit, spurious, fake, false, fraudulent, sham,