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Etymology 1

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A woodenboard
Board (duplicate bridge)

    FromMiddle Englishbord, fromOld Englishbord, fromProto-West Germanic*bord, fromProto-Germanic*burdą(“board; plank; table”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰerdʰ-(“to cut”). The senses "food" and "council" are bymetonymy from the sense "table."

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    board (countable anduncountable,pluralboards)

    2. A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usuallywood or similar, often for use inconstruction orfurniture-making.
    4. A device (e.g.,switchboard) containingelectricalswitches and othercontrols and designed to controllights,sound,telephoneconnections, etc.
    6. A flat surface with markings for playing aboard game.
      Each player starts the game with four counters on theboard.
    8. Short forblackboard,whiteboard,chessboard,surfboard,circuit board,message board (on the Internet),bulletin board, etc.
    10. Acommittee thatmanages thebusiness of anorganization,e.g., aboard of directors.
      We have to wait to hear back from theboard.
    12. (uncountable) Regularmeals in a place oflodging; theprice paid for them.
      Hisboard was served by his landlady, the owner of the boarding house. [meals]
      Hisboard seemed a bit steep, but he accepted it because the house was clean and his fellow lodgers were respectful neighbors. [price for meals]
    14. (nautical) Theside of aship.
      • 1697,Virgil, “The Fifth Book of theÆneis”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:
        Nowboard to board the rival vessels row.
    16. (nautical) Thedistance asailingvessel runs betweentacks when working towindward.
    18. (ice hockey, often in theplural) Thewall that surrounds anice hockeyrink.
    20. (archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in amedieval dining hall.
      • 1667,John Milton, “Book V”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
        Fruit of all kinds[…] / She gathers, tribute large, and on theboard / Heaps with unsparing hand.
      • 1890,Algernon Blackwood,Christmas in England, Methodist Magazine Volume 32 pg 481.
        The real beginning of the festivities is on Christmas-eve, when the large parties meet their friends from far and near round the festiveboard.
      • 1913,Norman Lindsay,A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published1932, page17:
        "A man," added Cripps, pointing at the MacQuibble, who took no manner of notice, but smoked impassively, "who comes to my hospitableboard meanly disguised as an artist, and filches the table wine."
      • 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, inThe Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page26:
        “Take your seat at myboard, and let me drink to your health.”
      • 2007,J. R. R. Tolkien edited byChristopher Tolkien,The Children of Húrin:
        Túrin took a seat without heed, for he was wayworn, and filled with thought; and by ill-luck he set himself at aboard among the elders of the realm, and in that place where Saeros was accustomed to sit.
    22. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.;pasteboard.
      to bind a book inboards
    24. (video games) Alevel orstage having a particular two-dimensionallayout.
      • 2004, Dan Whitehead, Martyn Carroll, Shaun Bebbington, “Future Shocks”, inYour Sinclair, number94:
        The object of the game is to move the smiley face over the presetboard, in doing so removing the green squares and ending up at the exit[…]
      • 2015, Hiddenstuff Entertainment,Candy Crush Soda Saga Game Guide, page23:
        You are able to then change a color candy with any candy around theboard, similar to the way you are able to with color bomb candies.
    25. (TCGs) The portion of theplaying field wherecreatures orminions can be placed (orplayed,summoned, etc.).
    27. (bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
    28. (local government) APhilippineprovincial orUruguayandepartmentalassembly orcouncil.
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    Translations
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    long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material
    device containing electrical switches
    surface for a board game
    short for blackboard, whiteboard, etc.
    managing committee
    regular meals or amount paid for them in a place of lodging
    side of a ship
    nautical: distance between tacks
    wall surrounding ice hockey rink
    long, narrow table
    stiff paper for book covers—seepasteboard
    video games: level or stage having a particular layout
    • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
    TCG: playing field
    duplicate bridge: container for holding pre-dealt cards
    • Bulgarian:please add this translation if you can
    • Finnish:korttiteline
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    Verb

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    board (third-person singular simple presentboards,present participleboarding,simple past and past participleboarded)

    1. (transitive) Tostep orclimb onto or otherwiseenter aship,aircraft,train or otherconveyance.
      It is time toboard the aircraft.
      • 1862, Benjamin J. Totten,Naval Text-Book, and Dictionary, for the use of the Midshipmen of the U.S. Navy:
        Youboard an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication.
      • 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor,Taiwan: A New History‎[1],M.E. Sharpe,→ISBN,→OCLC,→OL,page ix:
        Yuan-chu-min history, that of the island’s southern Min speaking Han Chinese, is in evidence farther east, in Nan-t'ou county. After reaching the heart of Nan-t'ou' city, the county’s center of government and also home to Taiwan’s provincial government, one canboard a bus to ascend the mountains that dominate much of the central and eastern landscape of the island.
      • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, inRAIL, number969, page57:
        I have just enough time for a "swifty" in the reopened (but on this day just about to close) '301' bar on Platform 4 beforeboarding a two-car Northern Class 158 working the 1824 to Leeds.
      • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:board.
      Antonyms:alight,disembark
    2. (transitive) Toprovide someone with meals and lodging, usually inexchange formoney.
      toboard one’s horse at a livery stable
    3. (transitive) Toreceive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
      • February 8, 1712, Charity Frost,The Spectator No. 296 (letter to the editor)
        We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, whoboard in the same house,
    5. (transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to)capture anenemy ship by goingalongside andgrappling her, theninvading her with aboarding party.
    6. (intransitive) Toobtain meals, or meals andlodgings,statedly for compensation
    7. (transitive, now rare) Toapproach (someone); to make advances to,accost.
    8. Tocover with boards orboarding.
      toboard a house
    9. Tohit (someone) with awooden board.
    10. (transitive) To write something on a board, especially ablackboard orwhiteboard.
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    to step or climb onto
    to provide someone with meals and lodging
    to receive meals and lodging in exchange for money
    nautical: to capture an enemy ship

    Etymology 2

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      Frombackboard.

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      board (pluralboards)

      1. (basketball, informal) Arebound.
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      basketball: a rebound

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      Low German

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      A man with aboard.

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      board m

      1. (Dutch Low Saxon)alternative form ofBaart

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      Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishboard.

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      board n (pluralboarduri)

      1. board(of an organization)

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      singularplural
      indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
      nominative-accusativeboardboardulboarduriboardurile
      genitive-dativeboardboarduluiboarduriboardurilor
      vocativeboarduleboardurilor
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