1. board - Noun
2. board - Verb
3. Board - Proper noun
A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
A table to put food upon.
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.
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.
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.
Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
The border or side of anything.
The side of a ship.
The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
To enter, as a railway car.
To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
Source: Webster's dictionaryShips at a distance have every man's wish on board. Zora Neale Hurston
You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas. Stanley Kubrick
Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. Mark Twain
The awkward person breaks the board in riding on the surf. Hawaiian Proverb
A bad one breaks his board. Hawaiian Proverb
Wear no sword at kinsman's board. Darkovan Proverb