board

board

verb

Definition of BOARD

1

to provide food or meals for <housed and boarded many foster children over the years>

Synonyms board, cater, provision, victual

Related Words serve, wait; nourish, nurture, sustain; banquet, dine, feast, regale; mess; batten, fatten, fill; force-feed, overfeed, surfeit; underfeed; hand-feed, spoon-feed; refeed, reprovision

2

to provide with living quarters or shelter <boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found>

Synonyms accommodate, bestow, billet, bivouac, board, bunk, camp, chamber, domicile, encamp, harbor, lodge, put up, quarter, roof, room, shelter, take in

Related Words ensconce, home, roost, secure, shed, stable, tent; barrack; bed (down)

Near Antonyms eject, evict