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Princeton's WordNet

  1. boarding, embarkation, embarkmentnoun

    the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

  2. boardingnoun

    a structure of boards

Wiktionary

  1. boardingnoun

    the act of people getting aboard a ship or aircraft; embarkation

  2. boardingnoun

    the act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship

  3. boardingnoun

    a structure made of boards

  4. boardingnoun

    riding a skateboard

  5. boardingnoun

    a penalty called for pushing into the boards

ChatGPT

  1. boarding

    Boarding, as a general term, refers to the act of getting on or entering a vehicle such as a ship, aircraft, train, or bus. It can also refer to the act of giving someone lodging or regular meals in exchange for payment, often in the context of a rooming or boarding house. In the context of education, particularly in the UK, it refers to the practice of students living on school grounds during the term time in a boarding school.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Boarding

    of Board

  2. Boardingnoun

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

  3. Boardingnoun

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

  4. Boardingnoun

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

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. boarding

    An assault made by one vessel on another, by entering her in battle with a detachment of armed men.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of boarding in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of boarding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of boarding in a Sentence

  1. Dave Procopio:

    We have not yet confirmed that she tried to enter the cockpit or, if she did, what her motivation for doing so was, the plane is on the ground and troopers are presently boarding it to take the passenger into custody and interview flight crew and witnesses.

  2. Nick Bullen:

    Imagine raising an American royal in Britain, it's hard enough I think for a lot of Americans to come to London and get to grips with boarding schools and prep schools and little caps and little shorts and how we raise children in the UK.

  3. Rory McIlroy:

    I'll take that boarding pass out at the end of the year and see how well I've done, i feel 2014 has really set me up for another great year. I'm coming in with a nice little bit of momentum, and (my) game is feeling good.

  4. Michelle Obama:

    Young people, just like you were sent to boarding schools designed to strip them of their language, culture and history and your religions and ceremonies were outlawed by so-called civilization regulations, regulations that literally made your cultures illegal.

  5. Aditya Ghosh:

    Montu Kalra was a cargo employee. He had no reason to approach the passenger area. He had no reason to prevent the customer from boarding the bus. He had no reason to instruct the other colleagues.

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    a protective covering (as for a knife or sword)
    A sheath
    B flair
    C sweep
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