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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There, shops were also boarded up and residents wary.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The signs of decades of economic decline are still visible in Springfield, through shuttered factories and boarded up homes.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Eventually, a passing truck shuttled him to the airport, where he bought a new pair of shoes and boarded a flight to Taipei—to meet with a company building servers for the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The effort involved dozens of journalists from over 15 countries who visited factories and farms and boarded fishmeal ships at sea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Desperate for a fresh start, she boarded a train to Chicago.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
