board

board
n \. plank, beam, timber, scantling, two-by-four; strip, lath, panel, sheet, slab; clapboard, wall-board, siding, flooring, planking, lumber, wood.
2. room and board, lodging and meals; daily meals, food, Sl. eats, Inf. grub, victuals, provisions, rations; repasts, lunches, luncheons, dinners, suppers, breakfasts.
3. committee, council, cabinet, advisory group, panel; advisers, directors, trustees.
v
4.Often board up or over
close up, cover up, batten, fasten down, tie down, clamp down, screw down, nail down; secure, tighten, make fast, fix; fasten, hook, latch, lock, padlock.
5. feed, lodge, house, quarter, billet, accommodate, Inf. put up, bed; live in, Inf. room in, take one's meals, Inf. eat in.
6. go on board, go aboard, enter, go or get on, step aboard, come in or on.
7. come alongside, near, approach, close in on or upon, press in on, bear down on; attack, storm, assault, assail, beset.

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  • Board — (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[=o]tu baurd footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Board — may refer to: *Board, a piece of lumber, or other rigid material made of wood, milled or sawn flat *Surfboard, skateboard, or snowboard (often made of fibreglass) *Board of directors or a similar governing or advisory committee *Mixing console,… …   Wikipedia

  • Board — Board, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Boarded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Boarding}.] 1. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. The boarded hovel. Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. [Cf. {Board} to accost, and see {Board}, n.] To go on board of, or enter,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Board — (von engl. board – Brett) steht für: Board Cards, die Gemeinschaftskarten in den Pokervarianten Texas Hold em und Omaha Hold em, die alle Spieler nutzen können Board of Directors, das Leitungs und Kontrollgremium eines Unternehmens im anglo… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Board — Board, v. t. [F. aborder. See {Abord}, v. t.] To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Board — (b[=o]rd), v. i. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel. [1913 Webster] We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house. Spectator. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Board — (engl., spr. Bohrd), 1) Tisch, Tafel daher Boardingshouse (spr. Bohrdingshaus), ein Speisehaus; 2) Collegium, Behörde, daher z. B B. of control (spr. B. of Kontrol), Behörde, welche 1784, beidervon Pitt durchgesetzten veränderten Verfassung der… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Board — (engl., spr. bōrd), eigentlich Tisch, Tafel, daher Boarding house, eine Pension, wo man wohnt und ißt; dann auch Bezeichnung eines Kollegiums, einer Behörde, daher z. B. B. of control, von 1784–1858 die oberste Instanz in politischen,… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Board — (engl., spr. bohrd), Tisch, Tafel; kollegialische Behörde, z.B. B. of trade (spr. trehd), Handelsamt; B. of arbitration and conciliation (spr. trehsch n änd konßĭlĭehsch n), Einigungsamt. Boarding house (spr. bohrding haus), Kosthaus, Pension …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Board — (engl. Bohrd), Tisch, Tafel; Gerichtstafel, Amt; Boardinghouse (Bohrdinghaus), Kosthaus …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • board — boardable, adj. boardlike, adj. /bawrd, bohrd/, n. 1. a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness. 2. a flat slab of wood or other material for some specific purpose: a cutting board. 3. a sheet… …   Universalium

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