English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Board (n.)

To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.

Board (n.)

To enter, as a railway car.

Board (n.)

To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.

Board (n.)

To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.

Board (v. i.)

To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.

Board (v. t.)

To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.

Boardable (a.)

That can be boarded, as a ship.

Boarded (imp. & p. p.)

of Board

Boarder (n.)

One who has food statedly at another's table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind.

Boarder (n.)

One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship.

Boarding (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Board

Boarding (n.)

The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose.

Boarding (n.)

The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards.

Boarding (n.)

The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay.

Boarfish (n.)

A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidae; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout.

Boarfish (n.)

An Australian percoid fish (Histiopterus recurvirostris), valued as a food fish.

Boarish (a.)

Swinish; brutal; cruel.

Boas (pl. )

of Boa

Boast (v. t.)

To possess or have; as, to boast a name.

Boast (v. t.)

To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.