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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Vaporing \Va"por*ing\, a.
Talking idly; boasting; vaunting. -- Va"por*ing*ly, adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Vapor \Va"por\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vapored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaporing.] [From Vapor, n.: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written
also vapour.]
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1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance,
whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to
evaporate.
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2. To emit vapor or fumes. [R.]
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Running waters vapor not so much as standing waters.
--Bacon.
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3. To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
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Poets used to vapor much after this manner.
--Milton.
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We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten
them. --Walpole.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Vapor \Va"por\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vapored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaporing.] [From Vapor, n.: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written
also vapour.]
1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance,
whether visible or invisible, to steam; to be exhaled; to
evaporate.
2. To emit vapor or fumes. [R.]
Running waters vapor not so much as standing waters.
--Bacon.
3. To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
Poets used to vapor much after this manner.
--Milton.
We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten
them. --Walpole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Vaporing \Va"por*ing\, a.
Talking idly; boasting; vaunting. -- Va"por*ing*ly, adv.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
vaporing
n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
gasconade" [syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, line-shooting,
gasconade]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
vaporing
n.
(alt form en vapouring)
vb.
(present participle of en vapor nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
vaporing
n.
(alt form en vapouring)
vb.
(present participle of en vapor nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
vaporing
n.
(alt form en vapouring)
vb.
(present participle of en vapor nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
vaporing
n.
(alt form en vapouring)
vb.
(present participle of en vapor nocat=1)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
vaporing
Engelska a.
(avledning en vapor ordform=prespart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb vapor)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Vaporing /vˈeɪpəɹɪŋ/
تبخير
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
vaporing /vˈeɪpəɹɪŋ/
vypařování
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
vaporing /vˈeɪpəɹɪŋ/
1. cakalı, övüngen caka satma.
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 大话,自夸
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