board
verb/bɔːd/
/bɔːrd/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they board | /bɔːd/ /bɔːrd/ |
| he / she / it boards | /bɔːdz/ /bɔːrdz/ |
| past simple boarded | /ˈbɔːdɪd/ /ˈbɔːrdɪd/ |
| past participle boarded | /ˈbɔːdɪd/ /ˈbɔːrdɪd/ |
| -ing form boarding | /ˈbɔːdɪŋ/ /ˈbɔːrdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (formal) to get on a ship, train, plane, bus, etc.
- Passengers are waiting to board.
- board something He tried to board a plane at Nice airport.
- to board a bus/train/ship/flight
- The ship was boarded by customs officials.
- She boarded a train for Philadelphia.
Homophones board | boredboard boredTopics Transport by waterb1, Transport by bus and trainb1, Transport by airb1/bɔːd//bɔːrd/- board noun
- The rules were written on the board.
- board verb
- They are waiting to board a plane for New York.
- bored adjective
- The others began to look bored.
- [intransitive] be boardingwhen a plane or ship is boarding, it is ready for passengers to get on
- Flight BA193 for Paris is now boarding at Gate 37.
- [intransitive] board at…/with somebody to live and take meals in somebody’s home, in return for payment
- She always had one or two students boarding with her.
- He boarded at his aunt’s house until he found a place of his own.
- [intransitive] to live at a school during the school year
get on plane/ship, etc.
live somewhere
Word OriginOld English bord, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boord and German Bort; reinforced in Middle English by Old French bort ‘edge, ship's side’ and Old Norse borth ‘board, table’.
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