# boarding

Pronunciation: US say "BORD-ing" /ˈbɔɹdɪŋ/; UK say "BAWD-ing" /ˈbɔːdɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act of getting onto a ship, aircraft, train, or bus.
   - Simple: Getting onto a plane, ship, train, or bus before a trip.
   - _Boarding will begin once all first-class passengers are seated._
   - _The crew announced that boarding had been delayed by an hour._
3. The activity of riding a skateboard.
   - Simple: Riding on a skateboard for fun or sport.
   - _Years of boarding had left scars on both his elbows._
   - _Boarding down the empty parking ramp was their afternoon ritual._
4. A structure made of wooden boards.
   - Simple: A structure or surface built from wooden boards.
   - _The old fence was a patchwork of rough, weathered boarding._
   - _They sealed off the empty house with sheets of plywood and boarding._
5. The act of a sailor or armed party attacking an enemy ship by climbing aboard it.
   - Simple: The act of climbing onto an enemy ship to attack the crew.
   - _The boarding of the merchant vessel ended in a brief, bloody struggle._
   - _Cannon fire gave way to boarding once the two ships were locked together._
6. A penalty called in ice hockey for violently pushing an opponent into the boards that surround the rink.
   - Simple: A hockey penalty for shoving a player hard into the wall around the rink.
   - _The referee called boarding after the defenseman slammed his opponent face-first into the glass._
   - _A five-minute major for boarding left the team short-handed._

## Verb

2. Present participle of board. — present participle and gerund of board
   - Simple: Present participle of board. Use this -ing form for an action happening right now.
   - _Passengers are boarding through the rear doors only._
   - _The marines were boarding the vessel under heavy fire._

## Origin

Formed within English from "board" plus the suffix "-ing."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/boarding (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).