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 Today, it's fenced off and closed to the public, with windows that have been vandalized and boarded up. — James Taylor, CBS News, 20 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 What the investigation has revealed so far On July 4, Nolan and a group of friends boarded boats and set out from Ocean Springs to celebrate America’s Independence Day on nearby Horn Island. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 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 The Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, resident boarded the flight in Calgary. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026 Olivia Colman has boarded the sixth season of Hulu‘s cozy murder mystery show, set to take place across the pond. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 At South Chicago Chapel, the doors and first-floor windows to the funeral home were boarded up. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 Astronaut Wally Schirra boarded the vessel wearing his personal Omega Speedmaster Professional, orbiting Earth six times over the course of nine hours. — Tres Dean, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarded
  1. fed
  2. housed
  3. accommodated
  4. lodged
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  • As a result of his not working and constant need for financial support, his mother is pressured by him to keep him fed and provide a roof over his head.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Children leave in the morning to play and return at night, somehow fed along the way.
    — Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
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  • The Museum of Rural Arts In 2008, a volunteer association in the hamlet founded the Museum of Rural Arts, which is housed in a historic monastery (Convento di San Girolamo).
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • All the walls lifted to reveal this much larger space where she was housed.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
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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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  • The decision also dismissed all claims against Morris’ wife, Deborah, and all but one claim lodged against Robert Morris personally.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Castro, 52, 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.
    — MARK VANCLEAVE, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
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