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 The family fled Brazil late Tuesday, entered Argentina via a border checkpoint and quickly boarded a private charter plane, Argentinian immigration officials said. — Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026 In addition, Alexandra Brodski has boarded the series as executive producer and will direct half the episodes, including both the premiere and the season finale. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026 In February 2023, 222 Nicaraguans boarded an airplane in Managua, uncertain what awaited them in the United States. — Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 Mariana Espinoza boarded her bus outside Devonshire Elementary School on Friday and rode a straight shot to her stop less than a half-mile down the road. — Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026 On May 1, 2023, an unhoused Black man named Jordan Neely boarded the New York City subway. — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026 In the nine days since riots erupted in cities across France, thousands of merchants have also boarded up their storefronts, radically altering the Paris streetscape. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 The family then boarded a private plane to Guayaquil, Ecuador. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 The deal was negotiated by MK2 Films, who boarded the film for sales prior to the Venice film festival, and Neon. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarded
  1. fed
  2. housed
  3. accommodated
  4. lodged
Verb
  • The ‘Dogs sophomore setter, Kohen Kazmierczak, fed junior middle hitter Eden Knapp for two crucial kills as their team won six of the final seven points to prevail.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Pettersson fed Lekkerimäki the puck, and Lekkerimäki immediately moved to attack downhill.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
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  • The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Check into Trevarefabrikken, a photogenic boutique hotel and cultural hub in a mossy-yellow building that once housed a cod liver oil factory.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of housed
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  • The building’s size has accommodated the installation of large-scale architectural holdings, including a three-story section of the concrete façade of Robin Hood Gardens, an influential brutalist public-housing project in East London.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Adorable guest dogs were also accommodated at breakfast, which further added to the home-away-from-home experience.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of accommodated
Verb
  • The shooter then fired a second shot, which hit the left pocket of the man’s shorts and lodged into his cellphone, according to the affidavit.
    — Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • One tale from Windy City Ghosts goes that a few nights after the dagger was removed from wherever it was lodged in the basement, an employee, possibly a bouncer, went down the basement.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
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“Boarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boarded. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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