Boarded Boarding Passengers Board Waiting Ship Flight Gate

• passengers are waiting to board.
• the ship was boarded by customs officials.
• flight ba193 for paris is now boarding at gate 37.
• she always had one or two students boarding with her.

board

1. to get on a ship, train, plane, bus, etc.
• See related entries: Plane travel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/plane_travel/board_6
• Passengers are waiting to board.
• The ship was boarded by customs officials.
2. when a plane or ship is boarding, it is ready for passengers to get on
• See related entries: Plane travel
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/plane_travel/board_6
• Flight BA193 for Paris is now boarding at Gate 37.
3. to live and take meals in somebody’s home, in return for payment
• She always had one or two students boarding with her.
• He boarded at his aunt’s house until he found a place of his own.
4. to live at a school during the school year

Extra Examples

• BA Flight 943 for Istanbul is now boarding at Gate 14.
• Passengers were waiting to board.
• She boarded a train for Philadelphia.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they board
• he / she / it boards
• past simple boarded
• past participle boarded
• -ing form boarding

Word Origin

• Old English bord, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boord and German Bort; reinforced in Middle English by Old French bort ‘edge, ship's side’ and Old Norse borth ‘board, table’.