board

  1. Noun.  A relatively long, wide and thin piece of sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction.
  2. Noun.  A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
  3. Noun.  Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, etc.
  4. Noun.  A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a ''board of directors''.
  5. Noun.  (uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
  6. Noun.  (nautical) The side of a ship.
  7. Noun.  (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
  8. Noun.  (basketball, slang) A rebound.
  9. Noun.  (ice hockey) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
  10. Noun.  (archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
  11. Verb.  (transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
  12. Verb.  (transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
  13. Verb.  (transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
  14. Verb.  (transitive) (nautical) To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.
  15. Verb.  (intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation.
  16. Verb.  (transitive, now) To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
  17. Verb.  To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

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