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 But Milwaukee Avenue, the Northern border of the plaza, mostly is boarded up or covered with harsh metallic grates, even as that street thrives to the west, having been reinvented as the Hipster Highway, the epicenter of bike-lane Chicago. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 The actress, who is best known for her roles on Sex Education and The Other Bennet Sister, boarded season 4 as Alice Chilton, the assistant coach to Richmond’s Lady Greyhounds. — Sabienna Bowman, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Now condemned and boarded up, cordoned off by sagging tape, dirty roll-up door set to adorn the front pages of tomorrow’s papers. — Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026 Little Joe's was boarded up after an antique door was heavily damaged as the burglary crew got in and out in about a minute. — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026 Coast guards and the police special forces Viking Squad boarded the vessel around midnight on Thursday and detained its crew. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 Most of the snaps came after the famous crew took a quick swim and boarded back on the yacht. — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Some of the windows are boarded up while others have curtains which are only partly closed. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The Jayhawks defeated Wichita State on Monday in Wichita, drove back to Lawrence on Tuesday morning, then boarded the bus for Lexington late Tuesday afternoon. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarded
  1. fed
  2. housed
  3. accommodated
  4. lodged
Verb
  • And in mice fed a fatty, sugary diet, shutting the pathway down in the liver curbed weight gain, cleared out fat and improved insulin sensitivity.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
  • And Harry’s boyhood travels between Jamaica and New York fed his understanding of both.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
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  • The shop opened earlier this summer and is located at 1108 E 30th St F, housed in the Wonder Shops and Flats building alongside other establishments like The Combine and AiZen Root Remedy.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Plans have yet to be finalized for the largest of the buildings, which formerly housed the plant’s gigantic boilers, but options include classrooms, an indoor play space or an oceanographic institute, according to the project’s designers.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of housed
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  • Banking, healthcare, insurance, government and other highly regulated sectors in particular have to abide by productivity, security and compliance requirements consumer browsers simply haven’t accommodated.
    — Mazy Dar, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Up to 16 satellites … Before the award, a feasibility study was conducted to confirm that CubeSats could be safely accommodated as secondary payloads aboard an Ariane 6 flight.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of accommodated
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  • The man with almost no injury was writhing in agony, while the man with a four-inch nail lodged near his brain kept working for six days, not even realizing the nail was there.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Aerial footage of the crash showed the front part of the truck lodged into the side of the building.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 30 July 2026
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