boarded

verb

past tense of board
1
as in fed
to provide food or meals for housed and boarded many foster children over the years

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2
as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found

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Recent Examples of boarded As the plane boarded, Steve Buckingham happened to come through the hatch. — Martha Ackmann, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026 Six days later, 25-year-old Los Angeles resident Naomi Greer-Wilkinson boarded X2 during a day at the park with her twin brother and younger sister. — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 In addition to the leads and director Foy, Amazon MGM Studios has boarded Hivemind, with plans to stream the film internationally on Prime Video. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 Hayden said Dankert and two other women boarded the boat with Shieh in the Seaport late that night. — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Firefighters boarded the Amtrak to assess the passengers and train crew. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026 Surprising Fact The National Gallery of Art, which is located on Constitution Avenue and nearby Pennsylvania Avenue, boarded up some of its outdoor sculptures after conducting a vibration study for the race, according to NPR. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 The National Gallery of Art, whose sculpture garden is along the course, has boarded up some of its outdoor works. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026 Wait until the plane is fully boarded and everyone has settled into their seats before jumping into an unoccupied seat. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarded
  1. fed
  2. housed
  3. accommodated
  4. lodged
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  • Recycled cement waste can be fed into the plasma process as a raw material, and potentially cut both waste and carbon emissions.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • It is fed by California’s cap-and-invest program, which allows large polluters to buy and sell allowances for their greenhouse gas emissions.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of fed
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  • The Foscarini Signature Suite (which housed the Doge) is approximately 966 square feet and also offers Grand Canal views.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Off-grid residents blur the line between housed and homeless, as county officials juggle lax enforcement, environmental damage, real estate scams and calls to legalize basic services such as addresses and trash pickup.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of housed
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  • Affected passengers were being accommodated on later flights.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • When the Berkeley Lab opened its supercomputing center inside the building, the site accommodated an IBM device that at the time was the world’s most powerful unclassified supercomputer.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of accommodated
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  • Despite surgery, however, the bullet lodged inside his abdomen was not found, and his condition suddenly deteriorated.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Castro is accused of firing a gun through the front door of a Minneapolis home, striking Sosa-Celis in the leg with a bullet that lodged in a child’s bedroom wall.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of lodged

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“Boarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarded. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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