board

1. n. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. Source: opted

2. n. A table to put food upon. Source: opted

3. n. Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board. Source: opted

4. n. A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc. Source: opted

5. n. A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board. Source: opted

6. n. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards. Source: opted

7. n. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession. Source: opted

8. n. The border or side of anything. Source: opted

9. n. The side of a ship. Source: opted

10. n. The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. Source: opted

11. v. t. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. Source: opted

12. n. To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. Source: opted

13. n. To enter, as a railway car. Source: opted

14. n. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals. Source: opted

15. n. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable. Source: opted

16. v. i. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel. Source: opted

17. v. t. To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. Source: opted

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