v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bragged p. pr. & vb. n. Bragging. ] [ OE. braggen to resound, blow, boast (cf. F. braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, OF. brague merriment), from Icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the same root as E. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast. &unr_;95. ] To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags of his substance, not of ornament. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk big. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To boast of. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretense or self glorification. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cæsar . . . made not here his brag
Of “came, ” and “saw, ” and “overcame.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The thing which is boasted of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beauty is Nature's brag. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A game at cards similar to bluff. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Brag, v. i. ] Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A brag young fellow. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Proudly; boastfully. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Norse mythol.) the Norse god of poetry and music; a son of Odin.
Syn. -- Bragi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Braggadocchio, a boastful character in Spenser's “Faërie Queene.” ] 1. A braggart; a boaster; a swaggerer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Braggart. ] Boastfulness; act of bragging. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bragard flaunting, vain, bragging. See Brag, v. i. ] A boaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, I could play the woman with mine eyes,
And braggart with my tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Boastful. -- Brag"gart*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who brags; a boaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. braket, bragot, fr. W. bragawd, bragod, fr. brag malt. ] A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Boastingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Norse mythol.) the Norse god of poetry and music; a son of Odin.
Syn. -- Brage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Without bragging. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a manner to be bragged of; finely; proudly. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surpass in bragging; hence, to make appear inferior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose bare outbragg'd the web it seemed to wear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ombrage shade, suspicion, umbrage, L. umbraticus belonging to shade, fr. umbra a shade. Cf. Umber, Umbratic. ] 1. Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where highest woods, impenetrable
To star or sunlight, spread their umbrage broad. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Shadowy resemblance; shadow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The feeling of being overshadowed; jealousy of another, as standing in one's light or way; hence, suspicion of injury or wrong; offense; resentment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which gave umbrage to wiser than myself. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Persons who feel most umbrage from the overshadowing aristocracy. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. ombrageux shy, skittish, suspicious, in OF. also, shady. See Umbrage. ] 1. Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous trees or foliage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Umbrageous grots and caves
Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine
Lays forth her purple grape. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not easily perceived, as if from being darkened or shaded; obscure. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Feeling jealousy or umbrage; taking, or disposed to take, umbrage; suspicious. [ Obs. ] Bp. Warburton. -- Um*bra"geous*ly, adv. -- Um*bra"geous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]