board

boardverb

1. get onget on a ship, a plane, a bus, or a train

   transitive [T] verb + object [V + obj] transport

   • Passengers can now board the plane at gate twelve. V + obj
   • We boarded the train just before it left the station. V + obj
   • Please have your ticket ready before you board the bus. V + obj

   Collocations

   verb + noun board the plane, board the train, board the ship

   Synonyms get on

   Antonyms get off

   For translators (sense 1)

   Grammar trap Used with an object, unlike get on, which needs on: board the bus, not board on the bus.

2. pay to staypay to sleep and eat at someone's house or a school

   intransitive [I] verb + preposition + object [V + prep + obj] education

   • Many of the students board at the school during the week. V + prep + obj
   • She boarded with a local family while she studied abroad. V + prep + obj

   Collocations

   verb + preposition board at a school, board with a family

   For translators (sense 2)

   Cultural background Refers especially to a boarding school, where students live at the school during the school term instead of going home every day.