board
noun
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
boarded
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past participleof board.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof board.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
boardnouna piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
Example Sentences
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More than 40 hours after a deadly ferry fire began, Philippine rescuers have boarded the charred remains of the MV June Aster in search of dozens of missing people.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Every hero’s journey requires major movement, and in 2000, Rosales boarded a plane bound for New York.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It stopped near a prep school, where a group of noisy teenage boys in khakis and navy blazers boarded my car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Vorcaro was arrested last November as he boarded a private jet in Sao Paulo, but was later released on bail.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
Some were neat and tidy and others looked abandoned, with boarded windows and tall weeds growing.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
