brag

«brag» in Mova's school dictionary: to talk proudly about yourself, what you have or what you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (brag, brags, bragged, bragging); noun (a brag)

meaning for a pupil

1) To brag is to talk proudly about yourself, what you have or what you did, in a way that annoys others. tree →

2) A brag is such a boast. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in friendship stories and lessons about kindness and good manners; phrases «brag about», «bragging rights».

examples

• Stop bragging about your new bike. tree →
• He bragged that he scored all the goals. tree →
• Nobody likes it when you brag. tree →
• The winners had bragging rights for a week. tree →
• She never brags, even though she is top of the class. tree →
• «I'm the fastest!» was his usual brag. tree →
• Boasters brag most when they cannot be detected. tree →

note

Double the g: bragged, bragging. Similar: boast, show off. A person who brags is a braggart (old) or «show-off».

In the corpora

• Anya didn't mean to brag; she just didn't realise how different her holidays are.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «brag» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.