boarding

verb

present participle of board
1
as in feeding
to provide food or meals for housed and boarded many foster children over the years

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2
as in housing
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 boarding Local media showed police officers preventing some of them from boarding trains and buses. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 Courtney Cox spotted boarding a boat along with friend, Jennifer Aniston, in Mallorca, for a summer vacation on July 27. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026 The heartwarming family portrait captures a moment of togetherness before an important new chapter for the eldest, who is set to begin boarding school at Eton College this fall. — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026 According to the affidavit, Fischer contacted a New York travel agency before purchasing an American Airlines ticket from Boston to London, only to cancel the reservation before boarding the flight. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026 Meanwhile, Grupo Morbido’s Pablo Guisa Koestinger is boarding as a producer alongside executive producers Eli Roth, Begos and Meg Thomson. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 24 July 2026 News reports also said they were detained and questioned on Monday upon boarding a chartered flight in New York that was carrying the Argentine national team, after its 1-0 loss to Spain in the 2026 World Cup final on Sunday. — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 Imagine families arriving from Orlando before boarding a Disney cruise. — Jack Kennedy, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026 But there seems to be very little awareness that others nearby may be trying to relax, read, eat or simply enjoy a few minutes of peace before boarding a flight. — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boarding
  1. feeding
  2. housing
  3. catering
  4. lodging
  5. accommodating
  6. sheltering
  7. rooming
  8. camping
Verb
  • Soon, the Toupses began feeding employees’ friends and families who were also struggling, and as word spread, more folks in need started reaching out.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Most of the dealers and suppliers who worked with Brun were addicts themselves, feeding an island ravaged by meth addiction since the 1980s.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of feeding
Verb
  • Plaintiffs' attorney Alexander Shalom argued that housing the plaintiffs in a segregated unit violates their constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • Elevator access is available in the main buildings housing the lobby and restaurants.
    — Ronee Uyeshiro, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
Definition of housing
Verb
  • Separated from downtown Ho Chi Minh City by a bend in the Saigon River, Thảo Điền was once best known as the city’s expat enclave—a leafy neighborhood of villas, international schools, and cafés catering largely to foreign residents.
    — Dan Q. Dao, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026
  • Road trippers will find public EV charging points in key market towns or at more than 50 self-catering cottages offering on-site charging.
    — Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of catering
Verb
  • Experiences may eventually become a larger part of the platform, but Hachey emphasized that the next year will be focused on lodging execution.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • But a multi-family residential condo needs a Certificate of Use from the city for lodging rentals of less than 30 days.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Definition of lodging
Verb
  • Rack manufacturers must anticipate those changes while accommodating a wide range of vehicles and riding styles.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Retailers like Warby Parker are known for accommodating these payment methods, which can help manage your budget more effectively.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of accommodating
Verb
  • Animals sheltering underground or in water would have had a better chance of surviving the initial heat pulse.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Many people are sheltering in Bordeaux, which is France’s sixth-most populous metropolitan area.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Definition of sheltering
Verb
  • Through the course of rooming together in dorms at rookie minicamp, doing community service work, taking group trips to Braves games and, of course, navigating practices, the Falcons’ rookie class formed a tight bond.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
  • The couple takes in a boarder, Herald Loomis, whose search for his missing wife draws the house into a reckoning with forces — both human and supernatural — that haunt everyone who is rooming there.
    — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Definition of rooming
Verb
  • The 39-year-old was camping with wife Hayley Hubbard, who came to the rescue, and their three children, Olivia Rose, 8, Luca Reed, 6 and Atlas Roy, 5, when the trip took a painful turn.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • The flash flood, triggered by a period of sudden heavy rainfall, hit a scenic area in the province's Weiyuan county in the afternoon and trapped some tourists who were camping.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
Definition of camping

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