Main Entry: ²board

Function: verb

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1 archaic : to come up against or alongside (a ship) usually to attack
2 : accost, address
3 a : to go aboard (as a ship, train, airplane, or bus) b : to put aboard <an airliner boarding passengers>
4 : to cover or seal off with boards <board up a window> <board up a house>
5 : to provide with regular meals and often also lodging usually for compensation
6 : to check (a player) into the boards in hockeyintransitive verb : to receive meals or lodging; specifically : to live at a boarding school