verb Download 🔗Share To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance. Examples : "It is time to board the aircraft." vehicle nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money. Examples : "Mrs. Davis boarded students at her house during the school year, charging them a monthly fee for room and meals. " business service property Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money. Examples : "My grandmother boarded with a local family during her university years because the campus dormitories were full. " business service economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party Examples : "The pirates boarded the merchant ship, swarming over the rails with cutlasses drawn. " nautical sailing military action war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation Examples : "Since the family boarded with Mrs. Higgins for the summer, they had breakfast and dinner prepared for them each day in exchange for payment. " business service Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost. Examples : "The salesman boarded me aggressively as I walked past his kiosk, trying to get me to buy a new phone. " communication action human person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cover with boards or boarding. Examples : "to board a house" material building nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To hit (someone) with a wooden board. Examples : "The angry lumberjack boarded the annoying raccoon after it stole his lunch. " action weapon military police Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard. Examples : "The teacher boarded the vocabulary words on the whiteboard for the students to study. " writing communication education Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a structure, such as a roof, window, etc.) wooden, built with pieces of wood Examples : "The boarded-up windows of the abandoned house gave it a spooky appearance. " architecture building material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading