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Definition of board in English:

board

noun bɔːdbɔrd

  • 1A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material, used for floors or other building purposes.

    loose boards creaked as I walked on them
    mass noun sections of board
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is a good idea to paint the exposed ends of the joists and deck boards with a waterproofing for added protection.
    • If the four cuts were not enough to cut all the way through the board, finish it off with a sharp handsaw.
    • Add elegant age to modern bathrooms by wainscoting the lower third of the wall areas in tongue-and-groove timber slats or boards.
    • Immediately after sawing I stack the boards in the shade (though not in a building), with spacers between each layer.
    • If you are using random width boards, be sure the piece next to the wall is the wider piece.
    • The method of assembly depends on the thickness of the boards and the size of the completed frame.
    • The wood has severely splintered and several chunks of wood have come out of the boards.
    • New pine planks were stained on one side, and their bottoms were left unfinished because the owners wanted them to cup and warp to match the old boards in another part of the floor.
    • Nail or screw down loose boards or fittings, and clean all the gaps thoroughly.
    • Use a straight edge and clamp the boards down to make an even, straight cut.
    • It is a good idea to add up the total number of boards, being careful to make sure you group short pieces in with long pieces to minimize waste.
    • First, the foam underlayment is rolled out, and then the laminate boards can be placed over it with a tongue-in - groove technique.
    • Just add connecting boards between sections of deck from below to make a box, then either hinge the deck piece or make it a lift section.
    • Remove all of the old nails, and resecure any deck boards that may be loose.
    • The floor was wood and a few boards creaked under his weight.
    • Rusted sheet metal, asphaltic roofing, old boards, or slate tiles are other roofing alternatives.
    • You will need to cut and chisel these out of the floor and replace them with new boards.
    • I recommend you cut the joists after almost all your decking boards are in place.
    • The scorpion spends its days under loose stones, bark, boards, and floors of outhouses.
    • The rough stucco was replaced with random-length tongue-and-groove boards to create an old-fashioned look.
    Synonyms
    plank, beam, panel, slat, batten, timber, length of timber, piece of wood, lath
    1. 1.1the boardsinformal The stage of a theatre.
      he will be on the boards at Stratford tonight
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Another entertaining Kevin Feather production is soon to grace the boards of the Alexander Playhouse.
      • Rarely does a show of this scale and nature grace the boards!
      • Drama students from St Martin's College will take to the boards at the Dukes in Lancaster with two distinctly different productions this month.
      • The following month will see two more comedian-actors hit the boards.
      • He is on the boards of the Abbey Theatre and Sutton Park School in Dublin.
      • The New Eltham Methodist Church Players take to the boards for their 33rd pantomime in January with some cast members appearing for the 33rd time.
      • It was good that she became a Dame because she rose through the ranks from the boards, not through training at Rada.
      • Ballyduff Youth Drama took to the boards for their spectacular production of ‘Journey Through Movieland’ recently.
      • Don't forget that Trinity Catholic College students hit the boards with a major production this weekend..
      • The only truly horrible performance comes from a simpering actress you want to yank off the boards.
      • Secretly, he wants to give it up and go on the boards as a ventriloquist.
      • Students took to the boards in the college recently to perform the entertaining musical Finian's Rainbow
      • One artistic work that stupendously manages this neat feat of perspective is the musical Cabaret, currently on the boards of the Citadel Theatre.
      • Michael Waldron himself is no stranger to the boards and made a come-back to the stage recently playing the part of Pontius Pilate in the Easter Pageant.
      • Once again the members of the Musical Society were tramping the boards in their latest production Calamity Jane.
      • Therefore, it's not surprising when a gifted producer tries to take a star turn on the other side of the boards.
      • Born into an acting family and brought up on the boards, Alice Ellen Terry left the stage for some years until concern for her children's future prompted a return in 1874 under Charles Reade.
      • The most enduring of all Stagecoach Youth Theatre York productions takes to the boards once more with its youngest cast yet.
      • Now she is making a welcome return to the boards in a revival of The Solid Gold Cadillac.
      • Some have gone from being on the boards to back stage.
    2. 1.2the boardAustralian, NZ The part of the floor of a shearing shed where the shearers work.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The shearing board should be kept free of locks and must be swept after each animal is shorn.
      • A raised board minimises interference between shearers and shed workers by giving the shearers their own work area above the wool room floor.
      • A decision in the NSW Supreme Court of appeal on the 21 July 2006 has signalled to woolgrowers the importance of placing a guard rail on raised shearing boards.

  • 2A thin, flat piece of wood or other stiff material used for various purposes.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When viewed up close on a sample board, only the shingle manufacturer's artifice will be apparent.
    • Alphabet boards, yes-no cards, or other communication devices may be helpful.
    • And, although the Artstore is giving me a good price on mounting boards, I can't go on spoiling good card indefinitely.
    • Never work on roofs without proper crawling boards and roof ladders.
    • The bucket of fresh water was covered with a board ready to refill a fish tank.
    • I thought that the easiest and cheapest insulation solution to warm up the room would be to stick some polystyrene insulation boards onto the garage ceiling.
    • After all, it's only chucking three feathered, tungsten-shafted mini-missiles into a board from a short distance.
    • Tape a piece of matching wood veneer to a cutting board and tape the tracing paper over the veneer.
    • I've checked the boards, the panels and the wiring.
    • Some architects were dabbling with it from the very beginning, he says, but most were still tied to hand drawings and drafting boards.
    • He leaves the bowl covered with a board and a rock to keep out mice.
    • Use a small piece of paneling board as a pounding board to force two adjacent pieces together.
    • The cabin looked deserted because of a broken swing out front and the boards on the windows.
    • You may need to place walking boards across the tops of the joists to make the job easier.
    • Snip chives into little pieces using scissors or mince them on a cutting board with a sharp knife.
    • For our cover boards, we used shirt-board rectangles thinly coated with white glue for the attachment of ordinary household aluminum foil.
    • The tables were originally thick boards and the chairs were tree stumps.
    • The 260 youngsters at the school can use the boards for a wide range of activities and they have already been put to good use.
    • Most of the windows were secured with thick boards, and many doors were large and overly secured.
    • Place on a small tray, cover with a board, weight down and refrigerate for a few hours, or preferably overnight.
    • You may want to spread a sheet of plywood as a kneeling board over the newly laid tile as you continue to work.
    • The 2 mm thick acrylic boards served as ‘positron shields’ to improve detection sensitivity.
    • On viewing the menu board there was a great selection on offer.
    • The solution is to clamp a pair of straight-edge boards in place to serve as a saw guide.
    • The circulating nurse prepares the patient for induction by securing safety straps and providing arm boards and warm cover sheets as needed.
    • Throwing a ball in the air while standing on a balancing board is one example of proprioceptive retraining.
    • Laboratory films covered the cutting board, thus avoiding any cross-contamination.
    • A router with a guide board clamped at the correct distance can also be used to make the dado cuts.
    • Fold the upper shade over the edge of the mounting board, and place it in the window to test for size and positioning.
    • Once the mortar is dry, you can attach a cutting board to the side of the barbecue with fluted masonry nails.
    • If you want to develop balance for skiing, you need to do it while skiing, not by standing on balance boards or stability balls.
    • Cyclists were instructed to ride over the boards at slow speed twice to get a feel for the task, and then to ride over them at normal path speed.
    • Whatever wood or plywood and boards are available are used to secure government buildings and hotels.
    • If you are using wood boards for your shelving, you will achieve a much finer finish with an orbital sander.
    • Have the board hung above the workbench with each tool's resting place clearly marked.
    1. 2.1 A vertical surface on which to write or pin notices.
      teachers talk and write on the board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the middle of the three streets, there is a board on which various notices and advertisements have been posted.
      • She was scribbling down the different terms and mathematical properties that the teacher had written on the board.
      • Record lesson objectives in a margin of the board at the beginning of class.
      • Mary is often forced to dodge missiles when she turns her back on her 31-member class to write on the board.
      • Everything had to be copied by hand and I couldn't read a single Vietnamese word she wrote on the board.
      • I've always been an excellent speller, but now half the words I wrote on the board were misspelled.
      • He paced back and forth, scratched his head, and finally strode to the board and wrote: CVCVC.
      • ‘One of the boys pinned it up on the board before the game,’ said the Bradford boss.
      • If the teacher wanted to do something to earn his money, he could write things on the board in phonetic alphabets.
      • She then rose from her chair and began writing things on the board.
      • Easily affixed to the fridge or kitchen wall, the boards allow you to scribble notes and reminders when they come to you.
      • He entered the room and started to write onto the board - without saying a word.
      • To her, the ideal teacher was skilled in all things, even writing on the board quickly and efficiently.
      • Grady walked over to Vaughn who was standing with a cup of coffee staring at the list he'd written on the dry-erase board.
      • Those of you that were unemployed several years ago may remember display boards with attached hand written postcards advertising job vacancies.
      • He walked into his class to see his teacher writing on the board.
      • We were commenting how the lesson would be difficult because no-one could read what Mr Foster writes on the board.
      • I also wrote on the board and told him how he should sign documents.
      • Mr. Sanchez was writing something on the board in large, ugly handwriting.
      • On most occasions when I take a workshop, I first write on the board - there are no rules, but there are precedents.
      • Desks were moved to the walls, books were placed in the appropriate places and the rules were written on the board.
      • Being the last period of the day, everyone looked just as uninterested as me in whatever the teacher was writing on the board.
      Synonyms
      notice, signpost, signboard, warning sign, road sign, traffic sign
    2. 2.2 A horizontal surface on which to cut things, play games, or perform other activities.
      Pete set the pieces out on the board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The paintings are long or tall rectangles or approximately square panels and are about as big as game boards.
      • Remove the meat to a carving board and cover with foil.
      • During this part of the auction, the auctioneers also sold off dozens of game boards.
      • The game board tumbled to the ground and twenty red and yellow marbles rolled in various directions across the floor, beneath the bed, and under the dresser.
      • In Australia, I am told it is known as Calliente, and in Germany it is still possible to buy a board for the game under the original name Poch.
      • The game involves a wooden board containing holes in which seeds are placed.
      • Gail nodded and bit her lip again, turning her attention back to the game board and staring at the jumbled patterns of red and yellow marbles.
      • Carving is also applied to the production of staves of traditional office, drums, dolls, and game boards.
      • For the scallop crackers, place the feuille de brick sheets on a cutting board.
      • These paintings of half-length figures grouped around a gaming board or table were probably meant to convey moral messages.
      • Place the lobster, shell uppermost, on a board on the table in front of you.
      • As time passed, the game evolved, with boards consisting of 10x10 and later 13x13 grids at different periods while the number of stones increased.
      • The games would be played across mahogany inlaid boards; the pieces, all ivory of course, would have been carved during the Ming dynasty.
      • Sadly, most of the game boards have been damaged beyond recognition.
      • After he left the kitchen Lissie got up to hand the cutting board covered with onion slices to her mother.
      • In the game, players take turns to push coins up a board with horizontal lines across it.
      • The game board is a rectangular grid of squares, initially occupied by a given configuration of filled squares.
      • Thus, even such everyday objects as game boards and dice were buried with the deceased.
      • The game board is filled with dazzling colors, wonderful textures, and delightful characters.
      • Our relationship grew over those years and, most of the time, it happened over a game board.
      • An advanced version of the game can also be played in which only a portion of the game board is visible to a player.
      • Set the tortillas on a board and cover one half of each with cheese and then spinach.
      • Slide the pastry on to a board, cover with clingfilm and chill for 30 minutes.
      • The picture on the right is a replica of a game found in a royal tomb at Ur dated around 2600 BC which makes it one of the oldest game boards in existence.
      • They act as game boards for toys and as toy chests, because taking one's favorite toy-carrying case to school is not allowed.
      • Transfer the nougatine sheet to a cutting board and chop into small pieces.
      Synonyms
      plank, beam, panel, slat, batten, timber, length of timber, piece of wood, lath
    3. 2.3 A flat insulating sheet used as a mounting for an electronic circuit.
      a graphics board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If you don't have the High Colour or True Colour options, your graphics board may not support those settings.
      • Multimedia boards can alter the image data with automatic gain controls, edge sharpening, and color-enhancement circuits.
      • It also offer boards based on ATI graphics chips.
      • Now he has graduated to reading electronics magazines and relishes at the thought of circuitry boards and diagrams and putting together all manner of devices.
      • Tests of SLI technology reveal that two graphics boards really are better than one.
      • Several boards can be operated in parallel to produce any desired effective output rate.
      • This way of measuring power consumption of graphics boards was first introduced back in 2004 and has proven to be accurate since then.
      • We can also see again that the Max 3 is performing a few frames per second better than the other boards when gaming.
      • As well as graphics boards, Elsa produces several connectivity hardware products.
      • ATI's OEM customers, having sold fewer computers, have ordered fewer graphics chips and add-in boards.
      • The newest high-speed chip promises lifelike video, due on graphics boards next year.
      • We tested boards based on graphics chips from NVidia and from ATI.
      • Samsung is providing the memory for NVidia's graphics boards.
      • It estimates that 70 per cent of graphic boards built this year will use DDR DRAM, and that it has 80 per cent of this business.
      • The addition of Microsoft NT Embedded is expected to help sales of embedded boards with Intel processors, such as those made by both Intel and MCG.
      • As we stated in the beginning, our analysis today is of DX9-capable graphics boards only.
      • The company yesterday filled out its range of workstation-oriented graphics boards with a new mid-range part, the Quadro FX 1100.
      • Well we just completed our testing of these six graphics boards, along with the winner of our last round, the 9500 Pro.
      • Sometimes accessing the switch even requires that one of the graphics boards be removed.
      • The company says the chipsets are optimized for Quadro boards, yet support other graphics boards.
    4. 2.4 The piece of equipment on which a person stands in surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and certain other sports.
      you kick-turn with both feet on the board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I could stand on a board and wobble, but that was about it.
      • For the leisure industry, they stock wet suits, surf and ski boards and Yamaha Jet skis.
      • Whether it is soaring 50 feet through the air on a Skidoo or popping tricks on a board in a half pipe, extreme sports thrive on danger.
      • It felt like riding on a surfing board but it was more stable and smooth.
      • Well basically it's sky-diving with a board fixed to your feet.
      • Some of the skaters have told the Alice Springs News they were ordered to line up against a wall and hand over their boards to four police officers.
      • A board fastened to your feet enables jumps and elaborate tricks to be carried out.
      • Seven tries later Morgan was no closer to standing up on the board.
      • ‘Not the greatest,’ Tyler admitted, standing his board in the sand beside him.
      • Barney and Skinny's boards were only two of many equipment casualties on Wednesday morning.
      • He loved getting up early, grabbing his board and surfing with the sunrise.
      • I stand on a board, my feet unfastened, and learn how to keep balanced by flexing my knees and leaning forward a little.
      • The dedicated surfer is one of the few who stands - on a board - to benefit from this capricious nature.
      • He and his friends rode the boards for the next several years.
      • You might have noticed more and more people of all ages gliding down the streets on skateboards, sliding along walls and flicking and spinning their boards with various degrees of success.
      • It was a stormy day in November, 2001, when Sharp and his men drove up to his beach fortress with a ton of boards, jetskis, and rescue gear.
      • Dogtown Skates introduced boards with elaborate graphic designs on the bottom.
      • The sport combines elements of surfing on a board with the added dimension of a kite.
      • Stand on the board and balance without letting the edges touch down.
      • The prototype boards are being tested by Australian surfers.
      • I walked over to a tent where I saw some surfing boards.
    5. 2.5boards Pieces of thick stiff card used for book covers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • First, I say, that a book hath two boards: the two boards of this book are the two parts of the cross, for when the book is opened and spread, the leaves be couched upon the boards.
      • Thus then you may perceive what be the boards of this book, and what be the leaves; how it is written within and without; how it is lined and leathered, and what be the letters, as well the small as the great.
      • The innards of the book are carefully cut out, leaving only the book boards (front, back and spine).
      Synonyms
      binding, case
    6. 2.6boards The wooden structure surrounding an ice-hockey rink.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pucks crack against the boards, glass and goalposts.
      • He faces the significant challenge of having to battle for the puck along the boards against 220-pound defensemen.
      • Running into the boards in the rinks these days is like running into a brick wall.
      • When he was cut on the cheek with a skate blade during one battle near the boards, he immediately got the wound patched up and was ready to go again.
      • He is great along the boards, using his feet to help fight for the puck.
    7. 2.7boardsBasketball informal
      another term for backboard
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even if the club makes the playoffs, it won't be a factor until the players get more easy baskets and hold their own on the boards.
      • Right now, my team needs more aggression on the boards.
      • His offensive repertoire is limited, but he stood out on the boards and on defense.
      • He is scoring less but doing a nice job on the boards and blocks.
      • In what was a hard-fought encounter, the Dubliners played an uncompromising game under both boards.

  • 3treated as singular or plural A group of people constituted as the decision-making body of an organization.

    he sits on the board of directors
    as modifier a board meeting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I also sit on the board of our global organization and its governance committee.
    • The proposed policy is expected to go before the council's executive board for a decision later this year.
    • The Government needs to look seriously at the people on the boards.
    • At a meeting of 14 board members, the decision was taken unanimously to organize a street demonstration.
    • There were a couple of board members at the meeting.
    • People should be on the boards of public companies if they have the skill and experience to be there.
    • The staff compile reports and write summaries for the board.
    • During this meeting another board of directors also had to be elected.
    • What are directors' attendance records at board and committee meetings?
    • A new constitution and board of directors were put in place after the council threatened to remove funding unless the disputes were resolved.
    • This press conference is part of a larger decision by the Tourist Board to better inform the press of the activities undertaken by the board.
    • The organization's board is expected to meet in the next few weeks to decide what to do with the windfall.
    • Members of the public are always most welcome to sit in on our monthly trust board meetings.
    • Most corporations paid directors for attending board and committee meetings.
    • All the decisions taken were fully informed decisions of a conscientiously acting board or body of trustees.
    • Other scientists wrote and e-mailed the board in support of the science standards.
    • One might have expected him to sit on the boards of two or three of New York's more important cultural institutions, but so far as I know that was not the case.
    • The school has written to the exam board asking them to take the crash into account.
    • At the same meeting, a new board of directors and a monitoring council are expected to be approved.
    • It was in that sense comparable to the boards of museums, colleges, and philanthropic organizations.
    Synonyms
    committee, council, panel, directorate, commission, group, delegation, delegates, trustees, panel of trustees, convocation
    British quango

  • 4mass noun The provision of regular meals when one stays somewhere, in return for payment or services.

    board and lodging
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Room and board are the student's responsibility, as is the financing of tuition.
    • Thirteen shillings weekly paid for board and lodging was the minimum amount on which such a claim for entitlement was allowed in the York Court.
    • You start 9.00 am on Monday as a legal secretary, and don't forget to put some overtime in if you want to pay for this week's board and lodging.
    • But one man said that he was better off as he normally handed all his benefit, bar the odd sixpence, straight to his mother for board and lodgings.
    • ‘After giving some of his benefits to his parents for his board and lodgings he spends the rest on alcohol,’ he said.
    • Out of their meagre wage of £3 a week they had to buy their working clothes and their board and lodging in a hostel or with a family.
    • Personal care should be funded by taxation and board and lodging by individuals, with state help for the poorest
    • We did the photo shoot in Tobago, so I had to pay for everyone's air fares, board and accommodation.
    • They get board and lodging in return for training newly arriving students in literacy and other skills.
    • Room and board, a small monthly stipend and unlimited access to studio space are provided.
    • I quite agree that people should pay for their board and lodgings, but not medical care.
    • He approached the captain of the ship and offered his services for board, and eventually boarded the ship.
    • You pay for administrative costs, for your board and lodging (absurdly cheap), and your air fare.
    • Hundreds of workers cannot afford to pay for board and lodging in Colombo, and are forced to sleep in hospital corridors.
    • Workers' hourly rates of pay also include allowances for board and lodgings.
    • It had been a residential hotel where old ladies paid 17 guineas a week for board and lodging, and Jean had been in the habit of lunching there.
    • His pay was three pounds and 10 shillings a week, with board and lodgings.
    • Jake's case notes further reveal that he initially thought his job at the hospital was in exchange for board and lodging.
    • He also highlighted that the asylum seeker does get meals and board.
    • He performed menial duties in return for instruction with poor board and lodging.
    Synonyms
    food, meals, daily meals, provisions, sustenance, nourishment, fare, diet, menu, table, bread, daily bread, foodstuffs, refreshments, edibles
    keep, maintenance, upkeep
    Scottish vivas
    informal grub, nosh, eats, chow, scoff
    formal comestibles, provender
    archaic vittles, commons, victuals, viands, aliment
    1. 4.1archaic count noun A table set for a meal.
      he looked at the banquet which was spread upon his board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Here the meals were prepared, and they were brought hence by “our man” on a tray, into the “large house,” where the board was spread.
      • He arose when he heard the household stir, and went down to the table, where the board was laid with fresh, hot bread and butter, and golden honeycomb, with strawberries and cream in bowls.

  • 5Sailing
    A distance covered by a vessel in a single tack.

    we were tacking up to the anchor, shortening cable at each board
verb bɔːdbɔrd

  • 1with object Get on or into (a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle)

    we boarded the plane for Oslo
    no object they would not be able to board without a ticket
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was just ten weeks old when she boarded the ship in April 1912 with her parents and older brother to seek a new life in America.
    • Finally, we got on a bus and boarded the aircraft.
    • Passengers can ask for a transfer ticket when they board the bus.
    • Four days ago excited holiday-makers, including families from Barnsley and Hull, boarded the ship at Hampshire to embark on a cruise of a lifetime.
    • She boarded the aircraft as soon as the boarding announcement was made.
    • To my dismay I found that the departure gates through which passengers pass to board their aircraft were closed.
    • Officials boarded the ship in Italy in early October and seized the cargo.
    • We boarded the ship with trepidation, as memories of a previous trip over 10 years ago were not particularly pleasant.
    • Two men said to have a ‘history of hijacking’ were arrested when the coastguard boarded a cruise ship 20 miles off Miami.
    • From there the family boarded a ship and after sailing for 41 days they reached New York.
    • Commuters must also have their passports scanned in order to board any aircraft.
    • Finally, I was able to board the ship and find my cabin, which it appeared I was sharing with a young Polish girl, Maria.
    • Only 10 passengers boarded the aircraft and Air France transported 24 others on the same day.
    • He directed them to abandon ship and to board life rafts in the 25-foot seas.
    • Some of the rum on sale in Antigua is so strong that word has it you wouldn't be allowed to board your aircraft home if a bottle was spotted about your person.
    • In 1805, as creditors circled, he boarded a ship for Philadelphia and never saw Europe again.
    • The salvage crew boards the ship to find it abandoned.
    • Last Wednesday night the ship was boarded by health officials in Orkney.
    • The five-hour protest ended when police boarded the ship, arrested the captain, and detained the crew.
    • He was searched thoroughly before he boarded the aircraft, and there was, in our view, no risk to the security of the aircraft or the safety of people on that aircraft.
    Synonyms
    get on, enter, go on board, go aboard, step aboard, climb on, mount, ascend, embark
    catch
    informal hop on, jump on
    formal emplane, entrain, embus
    1. 1.1be boarding (of an aircraft) be ready for passengers to get on.
      Flight 172 to Istanbul is now boarding
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Flight 2723 to Atlanta is now boarding and we apologize for the long delay.
      • British Airways Flight BA117 is now boarding through gate number 10.
      • We check the bags, and by now the plane is boarding.
      • Two men embrace tenderly before separating, 'tickets please' calls a voice from the past, and an electric sign reads 'the 20.55 is now boarding'.

  • 2no object Live and receive regular meals in a house in return for payment or services.

    the cousins boarded for a while with Ruby
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The teacher boarded with us as we were the only family who would offer board.
    • And there's the couple I boarded with, who gave me the keys to the house the first night I stayed with them.
    • She and her sister were both taught to draw by a grammar school teacher who had been boarding at their home.
    • The surveyors and researchers worked, roomed, and boarded at the picturesque site along the edge of the Panama Canal.
    • From September she will board at the White Lodge in Richmond Park London, the Royal Ballet's accommodation.
    • He is boarding at her family's house until he can find his own home.
    • Wilkins, a medical student who'd boarded there for five years, stood in his undershirt with his shoes in hand.
    • In those days students had no transportation to and from school and boarded in private houses.
    • To pay his legal bills he had to sell his house, and for the past eight years he has boarded with a couple living in the same area.
    • Previously all the school's teachers had boarded in private homes.
    • Liv normally boarded in the room across from me so that we could each have our own bathrooms.
    Synonyms
    lodge, live, reside, have rooms, be quartered, be housed, be settled, have one's home
    North American room
    informal put up, have digs
    accommodate, lodge, take in, put up, house, billet, quarter, harbour, provide shelter for, shelter, give a bed to, give someone a roof over their head, make room for, give accommodation to, receive
    keep, feed, cater for, cook for
    1. 2.1 (of a pupil) live in school during term time.
      parents had to cope with their child boarding at a special school
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Not all the kids at the school boarded - there were also day pupils.
      • She attended the local primary school, but was sent to board at Roedean school near Brighton at the age of nine.
      • So I'll be boarding at school, and starting year 11 again.
      • Kevin boarded at Auckland's Sacred Heart College during his secondary school years - but his loyalty does not lie there.
      • Aged six, he was sent to England to board at Ovingdean preparatory school in Sussex, spending holidays with his grandparents.
      • The next year Warren was sent to board at All Souls school in Charters Towers.
      • His father was a Rugby-educated doctor who thought he was doing his son a favour sending him off to board at public school.
      • These students board from Sunday night to Friday, going home for the weekend.
      • He grew up on a farm in north Yorkshire and boarded at public schools from the age of seven.
      • She wasn't a Catholic but she boarded at a convent school run by the Sisters of Providence.
      • Lloyd Ewenin said he attended residential school from age seven to 15 and he boarded 10 months of the year.
      • Some still have grandparents but they are too old or sick to bring them up so they board at the school in dormitories.
      • They boarded at Kirkham Grammar School and, ever since they left, talented youngsters have been following what is now a well worn path to Heywood Road.
      • Unlike Oxford rival Summer Fields, where most pupils board, at the Dragon day pupils are in the majority.
      • The young Piers went to prep school and asked if he could board when he was 11.
      • A fall in the number of children boarding at private schools has been blamed on Government-imposed costs.
      • A charming and unassuming man, Kevin says as there was no second level education in Rathdowney when he was growing up, he boarded in Rockwell College.
      • Wass was born in Lincolnshire but left home at eleven to board at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester.
      • When her parents moved to Norway, Mina and her elder sister boarded at a convent school in Perth.
      • At eight, Will starts boarding at Horris Hill prep school, taking piano lessons and finally becoming head chorister.
    2. 2.2with object Provide (a person or animal) with regular meals and somewhere to live in return for payment.
      dogs may have to be boarded at kennels
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If he was hired, the owner might allow him to board his horses for free.
      • Most animals boarded out are dogs and cats with some ducks and rabbits.
      • Horses were her life, and she had become a stable-hand to earn some extra money to buy and board a horse of her own.
      • Before we leased these acres the land was fenced in corrals and the owner boarded horses.
      • The cats are boarded on one side, the dogs on the other.
      • But Truman, who was still angry that Ally had boarded him for nearly a week, turned away.
      • First and foremost, they are saved the cost and worry of boarding their pets while they are away.
      • He has not yet decided which farm will board the chestnut mare.
      • If you are unable to return to your home right away, you may need to board your pet.
      • She and her daughter boarded their horses on the ranch.
      • While raising her family she also used to board dogs and looked after injured animals for vets.
      • They boarded her at her vet's office, where they just absolutely love her and give her the royal treatment during every stay.
      • With gritted teeth, the governors found themselves having to board the babies with Catholics.
      • He was kept up to date with proceedings in the ring by John Clarke of the Irish National Stud, which boards the mare.
      • There are several places to board your horse while you take in the activities and history available in the area.
      • The cowboys say the Master Street stable was the last large, affordable place for them to board their horses in the city.
      • Casper is determined to have Sam boarded at a military school, probably in hopes that he doesn't turn out anything like his mother.

  • 3board something up/overwith object Cover or seal a window or building with pieces of wood.

    the shop was still boarded up
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The smashed windows are boarded up because we cannot afford to replace them.
    • The building had been boarded up on several occasions and was a prime target for vandals.
    • It doesn't look good when so many windows are boarded up.
    • At the moment the windows are boarded up but repair work is due to start early next week.
    • Several buildings are boarded up and vandalised.
    • All the windows were boarded over with large sheets of plywood.
    • Most city workers were leaving early preparing for the long walk home - there were no buses, all the Tube stations were boarded up and there were no taxis for hire.
    • The windows and doors on most of the buildings were boarded up.
    • All the buildings were boarded up and derelict.
    • Most of the buildings were boarded up or destroyed.
    • All of its doors and windows were boarded up after the glass was smashed in earlier attacks.
    • When we arrived the site was boarded up and the former car park was now just a building site.
    • One window of her terraced home is boarded up and the building has been empty since she was taken into custody last year.
    • There was a window, but like the others in the house, it had been boarded up.
    • When the Evening Press visited the property four windows were boarded up and grass and weeds were growing wildly in the front garden.
    • The windows are boarded up and covered with bars.
    • The doors of the house have been bolted shut and some of the windows are boarded up.
    • A year ago the classrooms stood empty, the windows were boarded up, and the future of the Queen Anne School building was anything but certain.
    • Large parts of the city centre were barricaded off, and the windows of virtually all shops and department stores were boarded up with wooden or plastic panels.
    • Officers had difficulty entering the site because it was boarded up and protected by a locked gate and fence.
    Synonyms
    cover up/over, close up, shut up, seal

  • 4no object Ride on a snowboard.

    when we're not boarding, we're skiing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Night skiing is an exhilarating experience you won't want to miss when fellow skiers gather to ski or board down the main run each night with flares in hand.
    • My friends and I love to board.
    • I guess my best day out of the whole trip was Friday, where we boarded across to the two lower and relatively small runs on Super Morzine.

Phrases

  • go by the board

    • (of something planned or previously upheld) be abandoned, rejected, or ignored.

      my education just went by the board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Opponents deserved no respect and the conventions of war went by the board.
      • The traditional principles of perspective usually go by the board, though many naive artists are capable of rendering distance and depth by their own means.
      • The longed-for tour to New Zealand went by the board.
      • When push came to shove, ethics went by the board and they joined the ranks of sleazy money launderers.
      • Hopefully, whatever else may have gone by the board, your resolve to put on a new face for the world is still firm.
      • Sometimes whole ways of talking go by the board.
      • Weeks of planning went by the board when it poured down and the barriers blocking the way into Albert Square were lifted with more than two hours to go.
      • The months went by - the goal of September publication had long since gone by the board - and at the end of November we still did not know exactly what sort of deal Celera had struck with Science.
      • I will want to hear about specific cases where opportunities have gone by the board.
      • But the older method of hand plucking had now gone by the board on some of the larger farms.

  • on board

    • 1On or in a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.

      a plane crashed with three people on board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Visitors can follow clues around the exhibition to discover what life on board a Viking ship would have been like.
      • As long as the ship had lifeboats on board it was fit to travel.
      • Mr Kelly said the 770 passengers on board the ship were preparing to disembark.
      • After a quick assessment he was taken on board the aircraft.
      • Paul has four major companies lined up for bookings, and one wedding has already taken place on board the aircraft.
      • It was unclear exactly how many people were on board the chartered aircraft.
      • Christopher Columbus reputedly chanced upon hammocks in Haiti and sailors were soon slumbering in them on board ship.
      • After leaving the Army, Bill served on board a passenger ship sailing between Southampton and South Africa.
      • Representatives of both organisations attended a special event on board the Irish naval ship.
      • When the electrical system on board the ship failed the crew were forced to cut their journey short and pull in to Sligo.
      1. 1.1informal On to a team as a member.
        the need to bring on board a young manager
        Example sentencesExamples
        • She's counting on more corporate sponsors coming on board to support the team.
        • It invested an initial £6 million and acted as an agent to bring on board other big companies.
        • After the company took over, how was the new management team brought on board?
        • We have an exceptional team on board with over two dozen national and international advertising awards between them.
        • Two prominent dating experts have been brought on board to assist members in their search.
        • He had just taken over the manager's role and he is bringing me on board as goalkeeping coach.
        • Perhaps now is the time to bring the association on board and provide it with the authority and resources required to nurture new referees.
        • The company is also about to bring on board a property development partner, to exploit more fully its extensive land portfolio.
        • So North was brought on board, only to be told last summer that his contract would not be renewed when it expires this August.
        • We are all very excited to have her on board the team, and look forward to seeing great things in the coming year.
      2. 1.2informal (of a jockey) riding.
        the rider of the winner last time is on board today
        Example sentencesExamples
        • They had two winners but neither had usual stable jockey McCoy on board.
        • Murtagh was on board Motivator when he secured an impressive win in the Dante Stakes at York.
        • Richard Johnson managed to stay on board the Champion two-miler but the error cost him too much ground in the 2m contest.
        • Etherington has booked Paul Fessey to ride Evening Press, the same jockey who was on board last time she ran.
        • When he jumped on board, the horse seemed to sense that now it was time for business.
        • Blowing Wind, which has twice finished third in the Grand National, was again in third place with Tony McCoy on board.
        • Pat Eddery won the race at the age of 51 on board Landing Light.
        • Champion jockey Tony McCoy, on board Best Mate, finished in second while Bacchanal took third.
        • I had seen many jockeys on board the same Florida Pearl, but no one handled him better than the bold Maguire.
        • Frankie Dettori completed a double on Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot on Thursday as he won the Gold Cup on board Papineau.

  • take something on board

    • informal Fully consider or assimilate a new idea or situation.

      we've got to take accusations of sexism on board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They claim he is trying to bury the issue rather than taking their criticisms on board.
      • It's great to see the Government recognise this and take our model on board so comprehensively.
      • Moreover, the trust is taking environmental concerns on board by planning better park and ride and cycling facilities for those who can use them.
      • ‘I understand the fans frustrations and I take it on board,’ said Thompson.
      • After a lot of discussion with you all, your ideas have been taken on board.
      • We feel people are taking these things on board, following advice and genuinely complying with regulations.
      • Members of the group were anxious that the parking bay for the school bus should be clearly defined and Dave also took this request on board.
      • I am not surprised the idea has not been taken on board.
      • It would be pleasing to many people if this suggestion was followed up and especially if elected representatives would take it on board.
      • But we believe customs were very receptive with the feedback we gave and took it on board in making this great decision.
      Synonyms
      understand, comprehend, work out, fathom out, make sense of, grasp, catch, follow, perceive, make out, penetrate, divine, search out, ferret out, puzzle out, take in, assimilate, absorb, get to the bottom of

  • tread (or walk) the boards

    • informal Appear on stage as an actor.

      the 1,500-seat theatre where generations of actors trod the boards
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A keen member of her local amateur dramatics club, Christine enjoys treading the boards when not working.
      • A group of teenage theatre-lovers who have overcome disability to tread the boards and win rave reviews have had their acting ability endorsed at the highest level.
      • George is an actor who has trod the boards with many of the big names in British theatre.
      • At that stage I still wanted to be an actor, to be front of house and treading the boards.
      • After treading the boards, he turned his hand to writing and script editing, and this was the career which made his name.
      • Numerous stints treading the boards with his local drama group have inspired him to try his hand as a playwright.
      • Lured to the stage, he trod the boards for fifteen years as an actor, producer, and playwright.
      • Scores of young performers are preparing to tread the boards at York's Grand Opera House when its summer youth production opens next week.
      • A theatre company whose actors have been treading the boards for 20 years in Swindon has received a big cash boost.
      • A talented actress who has only been treading the boards for a year could be picked to join the cast of a highly-acclaimed West End musical.
      Synonyms
      drama, the theatre, the stage, the performing arts, dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, stagecraft, theatricals, theatrics, the thespian art, show business

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'.

  • It is more difficult to cheat at cards if your hands are clearly visible above the table. This is where the expression above board comes from. Board is an old word for table, as well as the planks that make it, and if a card player was playing ‘above board’ they were showing that they were not trying to cheat. The members of the board that runs a company typically sit round a large table in the boardroom, and it is again the meaning ‘table’ that gives them their name. See also cabinet

    The expression across the board originally comes from horse racing. A bet made ‘across the board’ is one in which you stake equal amounts of money on the same horse to win a race, to come second, or to finish in the first three. The board here is one on which bookmakers write up the odds. Go by the board was originally said at sea of masts and pieces of rigging that fell overboard. The board in this case was the side of the ship, and is used also in on board, overboard (Old English), and shipboard (Middle English).

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Rhymes

aboard, abroad, accord, afford, applaud, award, bawd, broad, chord, Claude, cord, ford, fraud, gaud, Gawd, hoard, horde, laud, lord, maraud, milord, sward, sword, toward, unawed, unexplored, unrestored, ward
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Definition of board in US English:

board

nounbɔrdbôrd

  • 1A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material, used for floors or other building purposes.

    loose boards creaked as I walked on them
    sections of board
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Remove all of the old nails, and resecure any deck boards that may be loose.
    • Immediately after sawing I stack the boards in the shade (though not in a building), with spacers between each layer.
    • Add elegant age to modern bathrooms by wainscoting the lower third of the wall areas in tongue-and-groove timber slats or boards.
    • It is a good idea to add up the total number of boards, being careful to make sure you group short pieces in with long pieces to minimize waste.
    • Rusted sheet metal, asphaltic roofing, old boards, or slate tiles are other roofing alternatives.
    • New pine planks were stained on one side, and their bottoms were left unfinished because the owners wanted them to cup and warp to match the old boards in another part of the floor.
    • You will need to cut and chisel these out of the floor and replace them with new boards.
    • If the four cuts were not enough to cut all the way through the board, finish it off with a sharp handsaw.
    • Nail or screw down loose boards or fittings, and clean all the gaps thoroughly.
    • First, the foam underlayment is rolled out, and then the laminate boards can be placed over it with a tongue-in - groove technique.
    • I recommend you cut the joists after almost all your decking boards are in place.
    • If you are using random width boards, be sure the piece next to the wall is the wider piece.
    • Just add connecting boards between sections of deck from below to make a box, then either hinge the deck piece or make it a lift section.
    • It is a good idea to paint the exposed ends of the joists and deck boards with a waterproofing for added protection.
    • The scorpion spends its days under loose stones, bark, boards, and floors of outhouses.
    • The rough stucco was replaced with random-length tongue-and-groove boards to create an old-fashioned look.
    • The floor was wood and a few boards creaked under his weight.
    • The method of assembly depends on the thickness of the boards and the size of the completed frame.
    • Use a straight edge and clamp the boards down to make an even, straight cut.
    • The wood has severely splintered and several chunks of wood have come out of the boards.
    Synonyms
    plank, beam, panel, slat, batten, timber, length of timber, piece of wood, lath
    1. 1.1the boardsinformal The stage of a theater.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Born into an acting family and brought up on the boards, Alice Ellen Terry left the stage for some years until concern for her children's future prompted a return in 1874 under Charles Reade.
      • One artistic work that stupendously manages this neat feat of perspective is the musical Cabaret, currently on the boards of the Citadel Theatre.
      • Rarely does a show of this scale and nature grace the boards!
      • Students took to the boards in the college recently to perform the entertaining musical Finian's Rainbow
      • It was good that she became a Dame because she rose through the ranks from the boards, not through training at Rada.
      • Ballyduff Youth Drama took to the boards for their spectacular production of ‘Journey Through Movieland’ recently.
      • Don't forget that Trinity Catholic College students hit the boards with a major production this weekend..
      • Another entertaining Kevin Feather production is soon to grace the boards of the Alexander Playhouse.
      • The most enduring of all Stagecoach Youth Theatre York productions takes to the boards once more with its youngest cast yet.
      • Therefore, it's not surprising when a gifted producer tries to take a star turn on the other side of the boards.
      • The only truly horrible performance comes from a simpering actress you want to yank off the boards.
      • He is on the boards of the Abbey Theatre and Sutton Park School in Dublin.
      • Drama students from St Martin's College will take to the boards at the Dukes in Lancaster with two distinctly different productions this month.
      • Some have gone from being on the boards to back stage.
      • The New Eltham Methodist Church Players take to the boards for their 33rd pantomime in January with some cast members appearing for the 33rd time.
      • Secretly, he wants to give it up and go on the boards as a ventriloquist.
      • Michael Waldron himself is no stranger to the boards and made a come-back to the stage recently playing the part of Pontius Pilate in the Easter Pageant.
      • The following month will see two more comedian-actors hit the boards.
      • Now she is making a welcome return to the boards in a revival of The Solid Gold Cadillac.
      • Once again the members of the Musical Society were tramping the boards in their latest production Calamity Jane.

  • 2A thin, flat piece of wood or other stiff material used for various purposes.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On viewing the menu board there was a great selection on offer.
    • Tape a piece of matching wood veneer to a cutting board and tape the tracing paper over the veneer.
    • Laboratory films covered the cutting board, thus avoiding any cross-contamination.
    • Whatever wood or plywood and boards are available are used to secure government buildings and hotels.
    • The 260 youngsters at the school can use the boards for a wide range of activities and they have already been put to good use.
    • The 2 mm thick acrylic boards served as ‘positron shields’ to improve detection sensitivity.
    • Some architects were dabbling with it from the very beginning, he says, but most were still tied to hand drawings and drafting boards.
    • Place on a small tray, cover with a board, weight down and refrigerate for a few hours, or preferably overnight.
    • I thought that the easiest and cheapest insulation solution to warm up the room would be to stick some polystyrene insulation boards onto the garage ceiling.
    • The solution is to clamp a pair of straight-edge boards in place to serve as a saw guide.
    • Use a small piece of paneling board as a pounding board to force two adjacent pieces together.
    • You may want to spread a sheet of plywood as a kneeling board over the newly laid tile as you continue to work.
    • The circulating nurse prepares the patient for induction by securing safety straps and providing arm boards and warm cover sheets as needed.
    • Never work on roofs without proper crawling boards and roof ladders.
    • You may need to place walking boards across the tops of the joists to make the job easier.
    • Cyclists were instructed to ride over the boards at slow speed twice to get a feel for the task, and then to ride over them at normal path speed.
    • If you want to develop balance for skiing, you need to do it while skiing, not by standing on balance boards or stability balls.
    • Most of the windows were secured with thick boards, and many doors were large and overly secured.
    • Once the mortar is dry, you can attach a cutting board to the side of the barbecue with fluted masonry nails.
    • He leaves the bowl covered with a board and a rock to keep out mice.
    • When viewed up close on a sample board, only the shingle manufacturer's artifice will be apparent.
    • The tables were originally thick boards and the chairs were tree stumps.
    • After all, it's only chucking three feathered, tungsten-shafted mini-missiles into a board from a short distance.
    • A router with a guide board clamped at the correct distance can also be used to make the dado cuts.
    • The bucket of fresh water was covered with a board ready to refill a fish tank.
    • If you are using wood boards for your shelving, you will achieve a much finer finish with an orbital sander.
    • The cabin looked deserted because of a broken swing out front and the boards on the windows.
    • Fold the upper shade over the edge of the mounting board, and place it in the window to test for size and positioning.
    • Have the board hung above the workbench with each tool's resting place clearly marked.
    • For our cover boards, we used shirt-board rectangles thinly coated with white glue for the attachment of ordinary household aluminum foil.
    • I've checked the boards, the panels and the wiring.
    • Alphabet boards, yes-no cards, or other communication devices may be helpful.
    • Snip chives into little pieces using scissors or mince them on a cutting board with a sharp knife.
    • And, although the Artstore is giving me a good price on mounting boards, I can't go on spoiling good card indefinitely.
    • Throwing a ball in the air while standing on a balancing board is one example of proprioceptive retraining.
    1. 2.1 A vertical surface on which to write or pin notices.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mary is often forced to dodge missiles when she turns her back on her 31-member class to write on the board.
      • He entered the room and started to write onto the board - without saying a word.
      • He walked into his class to see his teacher writing on the board.
      • He paced back and forth, scratched his head, and finally strode to the board and wrote: CVCVC.
      • To her, the ideal teacher was skilled in all things, even writing on the board quickly and efficiently.
      • Those of you that were unemployed several years ago may remember display boards with attached hand written postcards advertising job vacancies.
      • In the middle of the three streets, there is a board on which various notices and advertisements have been posted.
      • Everything had to be copied by hand and I couldn't read a single Vietnamese word she wrote on the board.
      • If the teacher wanted to do something to earn his money, he could write things on the board in phonetic alphabets.
      • Being the last period of the day, everyone looked just as uninterested as me in whatever the teacher was writing on the board.
      • I also wrote on the board and told him how he should sign documents.
      • On most occasions when I take a workshop, I first write on the board - there are no rules, but there are precedents.
      • Grady walked over to Vaughn who was standing with a cup of coffee staring at the list he'd written on the dry-erase board.
      • She was scribbling down the different terms and mathematical properties that the teacher had written on the board.
      • I've always been an excellent speller, but now half the words I wrote on the board were misspelled.
      • Record lesson objectives in a margin of the board at the beginning of class.
      • Mr. Sanchez was writing something on the board in large, ugly handwriting.
      • We were commenting how the lesson would be difficult because no-one could read what Mr Foster writes on the board.
      • ‘One of the boys pinned it up on the board before the game,’ said the Bradford boss.
      • Desks were moved to the walls, books were placed in the appropriate places and the rules were written on the board.
      • She then rose from her chair and began writing things on the board.
      • Easily affixed to the fridge or kitchen wall, the boards allow you to scribble notes and reminders when they come to you.
      Synonyms
      notice, signpost, signboard, warning sign, road sign, traffic sign
    2. 2.2 A horizontal surface on which to cut things, play games, or perform other activities.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The game board is filled with dazzling colors, wonderful textures, and delightful characters.
      • For the scallop crackers, place the feuille de brick sheets on a cutting board.
      • Our relationship grew over those years and, most of the time, it happened over a game board.
      • The game board tumbled to the ground and twenty red and yellow marbles rolled in various directions across the floor, beneath the bed, and under the dresser.
      • In the game, players take turns to push coins up a board with horizontal lines across it.
      • The picture on the right is a replica of a game found in a royal tomb at Ur dated around 2600 BC which makes it one of the oldest game boards in existence.
      • Sadly, most of the game boards have been damaged beyond recognition.
      • These paintings of half-length figures grouped around a gaming board or table were probably meant to convey moral messages.
      • Place the lobster, shell uppermost, on a board on the table in front of you.
      • The paintings are long or tall rectangles or approximately square panels and are about as big as game boards.
      • The game involves a wooden board containing holes in which seeds are placed.
      • Thus, even such everyday objects as game boards and dice were buried with the deceased.
      • Carving is also applied to the production of staves of traditional office, drums, dolls, and game boards.
      • Gail nodded and bit her lip again, turning her attention back to the game board and staring at the jumbled patterns of red and yellow marbles.
      • After he left the kitchen Lissie got up to hand the cutting board covered with onion slices to her mother.
      • Slide the pastry on to a board, cover with clingfilm and chill for 30 minutes.
      • During this part of the auction, the auctioneers also sold off dozens of game boards.
      • In Australia, I am told it is known as Calliente, and in Germany it is still possible to buy a board for the game under the original name Poch.
      • Set the tortillas on a board and cover one half of each with cheese and then spinach.
      • The game board is a rectangular grid of squares, initially occupied by a given configuration of filled squares.
      • They act as game boards for toys and as toy chests, because taking one's favorite toy-carrying case to school is not allowed.
      • The games would be played across mahogany inlaid boards; the pieces, all ivory of course, would have been carved during the Ming dynasty.
      • Remove the meat to a carving board and cover with foil.
      • As time passed, the game evolved, with boards consisting of 10x10 and later 13x13 grids at different periods while the number of stones increased.
      • An advanced version of the game can also be played in which only a portion of the game board is visible to a player.
      • Transfer the nougatine sheet to a cutting board and chop into small pieces.
      Synonyms
      plank, beam, panel, slat, batten, timber, length of timber, piece of wood, lath
    3. 2.3 A flat insulating sheet used as a mounting for an electronic circuit.
      a graphics board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Well we just completed our testing of these six graphics boards, along with the winner of our last round, the 9500 Pro.
      • The company says the chipsets are optimized for Quadro boards, yet support other graphics boards.
      • Several boards can be operated in parallel to produce any desired effective output rate.
      • Multimedia boards can alter the image data with automatic gain controls, edge sharpening, and color-enhancement circuits.
      • ATI's OEM customers, having sold fewer computers, have ordered fewer graphics chips and add-in boards.
      • The company yesterday filled out its range of workstation-oriented graphics boards with a new mid-range part, the Quadro FX 1100.
      • It estimates that 70 per cent of graphic boards built this year will use DDR DRAM, and that it has 80 per cent of this business.
      • As well as graphics boards, Elsa produces several connectivity hardware products.
      • The newest high-speed chip promises lifelike video, due on graphics boards next year.
      • Samsung is providing the memory for NVidia's graphics boards.
      • We can also see again that the Max 3 is performing a few frames per second better than the other boards when gaming.
      • If you don't have the High Colour or True Colour options, your graphics board may not support those settings.
      • We tested boards based on graphics chips from NVidia and from ATI.
      • Tests of SLI technology reveal that two graphics boards really are better than one.
      • The addition of Microsoft NT Embedded is expected to help sales of embedded boards with Intel processors, such as those made by both Intel and MCG.
      • It also offer boards based on ATI graphics chips.
      • As we stated in the beginning, our analysis today is of DX9-capable graphics boards only.
      • Sometimes accessing the switch even requires that one of the graphics boards be removed.
      • This way of measuring power consumption of graphics boards was first introduced back in 2004 and has proven to be accurate since then.
      • Now he has graduated to reading electronics magazines and relishes at the thought of circuitry boards and diagrams and putting together all manner of devices.
    4. 2.4 The piece of equipment on which a person stands in surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and certain other sports.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He loved getting up early, grabbing his board and surfing with the sunrise.
      • Dogtown Skates introduced boards with elaborate graphic designs on the bottom.
      • It felt like riding on a surfing board but it was more stable and smooth.
      • The sport combines elements of surfing on a board with the added dimension of a kite.
      • He and his friends rode the boards for the next several years.
      • The dedicated surfer is one of the few who stands - on a board - to benefit from this capricious nature.
      • I stand on a board, my feet unfastened, and learn how to keep balanced by flexing my knees and leaning forward a little.
      • Stand on the board and balance without letting the edges touch down.
      • You might have noticed more and more people of all ages gliding down the streets on skateboards, sliding along walls and flicking and spinning their boards with various degrees of success.
      • Whether it is soaring 50 feet through the air on a Skidoo or popping tricks on a board in a half pipe, extreme sports thrive on danger.
      • It was a stormy day in November, 2001, when Sharp and his men drove up to his beach fortress with a ton of boards, jetskis, and rescue gear.
      • I could stand on a board and wobble, but that was about it.
      • ‘Not the greatest,’ Tyler admitted, standing his board in the sand beside him.
      • The prototype boards are being tested by Australian surfers.
      • Seven tries later Morgan was no closer to standing up on the board.
      • Well basically it's sky-diving with a board fixed to your feet.
      • Some of the skaters have told the Alice Springs News they were ordered to line up against a wall and hand over their boards to four police officers.
      • Barney and Skinny's boards were only two of many equipment casualties on Wednesday morning.
      • A board fastened to your feet enables jumps and elaborate tricks to be carried out.
      • For the leisure industry, they stock wet suits, surf and ski boards and Yamaha Jet skis.
      • I walked over to a tent where I saw some surfing boards.
    5. 2.5boards Pieces of thick stiff cardboard or, originally, wood used for book covers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The innards of the book are carefully cut out, leaving only the book boards (front, back and spine).
      • Thus then you may perceive what be the boards of this book, and what be the leaves; how it is written within and without; how it is lined and leathered, and what be the letters, as well the small as the great.
      • First, I say, that a book hath two boards: the two boards of this book are the two parts of the cross, for when the book is opened and spread, the leaves be couched upon the boards.
      Synonyms
      binding, case
    6. 2.6boards The wooden structure surrounding an ice-hockey rink.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Pucks crack against the boards, glass and goalposts.
      • When he was cut on the cheek with a skate blade during one battle near the boards, he immediately got the wound patched up and was ready to go again.
      • Running into the boards in the rinks these days is like running into a brick wall.
      • He faces the significant challenge of having to battle for the puck along the boards against 220-pound defensemen.
      • He is great along the boards, using his feet to help fight for the puck.
    7. 2.7usually boardsBasketball informal
      the absence of center David Robinson to dominate on the boards
      another term for backboard
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even if the club makes the playoffs, it won't be a factor until the players get more easy baskets and hold their own on the boards.
      • In what was a hard-fought encounter, the Dubliners played an uncompromising game under both boards.
      • Right now, my team needs more aggression on the boards.
      • His offensive repertoire is limited, but he stood out on the boards and on defense.
      • He is scoring less but doing a nice job on the boards and blocks.

  • 3treated as singular or plural A group of people constituted as the decision-making body of an organization.

    he sits on the board of directors
    as modifier a board meeting
    in names the Federal Reserve Board
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A new constitution and board of directors were put in place after the council threatened to remove funding unless the disputes were resolved.
    • During this meeting another board of directors also had to be elected.
    • The organization's board is expected to meet in the next few weeks to decide what to do with the windfall.
    • The Government needs to look seriously at the people on the boards.
    • One might have expected him to sit on the boards of two or three of New York's more important cultural institutions, but so far as I know that was not the case.
    • Most corporations paid directors for attending board and committee meetings.
    • The staff compile reports and write summaries for the board.
    • I also sit on the board of our global organization and its governance committee.
    • The school has written to the exam board asking them to take the crash into account.
    • All the decisions taken were fully informed decisions of a conscientiously acting board or body of trustees.
    • The proposed policy is expected to go before the council's executive board for a decision later this year.
    • Members of the public are always most welcome to sit in on our monthly trust board meetings.
    • This press conference is part of a larger decision by the Tourist Board to better inform the press of the activities undertaken by the board.
    • At a meeting of 14 board members, the decision was taken unanimously to organize a street demonstration.
    • People should be on the boards of public companies if they have the skill and experience to be there.
    • There were a couple of board members at the meeting.
    • What are directors' attendance records at board and committee meetings?
    • It was in that sense comparable to the boards of museums, colleges, and philanthropic organizations.
    • Other scientists wrote and e-mailed the board in support of the science standards.
    • At the same meeting, a new board of directors and a monitoring council are expected to be approved.
    Synonyms
    committee, council, panel, directorate, commission, group, delegation, delegates, trustees, panel of trustees, convocation

  • 4The provision of regular meals when one stays somewhere, in return for payment or services.

    your room and board will be free
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He performed menial duties in return for instruction with poor board and lodging.
    • You pay for administrative costs, for your board and lodging (absurdly cheap), and your air fare.
    • Jake's case notes further reveal that he initially thought his job at the hospital was in exchange for board and lodging.
    • Thirteen shillings weekly paid for board and lodging was the minimum amount on which such a claim for entitlement was allowed in the York Court.
    • Personal care should be funded by taxation and board and lodging by individuals, with state help for the poorest
    • Room and board are the student's responsibility, as is the financing of tuition.
    • He also highlighted that the asylum seeker does get meals and board.
    • We did the photo shoot in Tobago, so I had to pay for everyone's air fares, board and accommodation.
    • I quite agree that people should pay for their board and lodgings, but not medical care.
    • You start 9.00 am on Monday as a legal secretary, and don't forget to put some overtime in if you want to pay for this week's board and lodging.
    • He approached the captain of the ship and offered his services for board, and eventually boarded the ship.
    • Room and board, a small monthly stipend and unlimited access to studio space are provided.
    • It had been a residential hotel where old ladies paid 17 guineas a week for board and lodging, and Jean had been in the habit of lunching there.
    • His pay was three pounds and 10 shillings a week, with board and lodgings.
    • They get board and lodging in return for training newly arriving students in literacy and other skills.
    • Out of their meagre wage of £3 a week they had to buy their working clothes and their board and lodging in a hostel or with a family.
    • Workers' hourly rates of pay also include allowances for board and lodgings.
    • ‘After giving some of his benefits to his parents for his board and lodgings he spends the rest on alcohol,’ he said.
    • But one man said that he was better off as he normally handed all his benefit, bar the odd sixpence, straight to his mother for board and lodgings.
    • Hundreds of workers cannot afford to pay for board and lodging in Colombo, and are forced to sleep in hospital corridors.
    Synonyms
    food, meals, daily meals, provisions, sustenance, nourishment, fare, diet, menu, table, bread, daily bread, foodstuffs, refreshments, edibles
    1. 4.1archaic A table set for a meal.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He arose when he heard the household stir, and went down to the table, where the board was laid with fresh, hot bread and butter, and golden honeycomb, with strawberries and cream in bowls.
      • Here the meals were prepared, and they were brought hence by “our man” on a tray, into the “large house,” where the board was spread.

  • 5Sailing
    A distance covered by a vessel in a single tack.

verbbɔrdbôrd

  • 1with object Get on or into (a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle)

    we boarded the plane for Oslo
    no object they would not be able to board without a ticket
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Commuters must also have their passports scanned in order to board any aircraft.
    • Finally, I was able to board the ship and find my cabin, which it appeared I was sharing with a young Polish girl, Maria.
    • Only 10 passengers boarded the aircraft and Air France transported 24 others on the same day.
    • Last Wednesday night the ship was boarded by health officials in Orkney.
    • Four days ago excited holiday-makers, including families from Barnsley and Hull, boarded the ship at Hampshire to embark on a cruise of a lifetime.
    • In 1805, as creditors circled, he boarded a ship for Philadelphia and never saw Europe again.
    • Officials boarded the ship in Italy in early October and seized the cargo.
    • Some of the rum on sale in Antigua is so strong that word has it you wouldn't be allowed to board your aircraft home if a bottle was spotted about your person.
    • From there the family boarded a ship and after sailing for 41 days they reached New York.
    • Finally, we got on a bus and boarded the aircraft.
    • The salvage crew boards the ship to find it abandoned.
    • Two men said to have a ‘history of hijacking’ were arrested when the coastguard boarded a cruise ship 20 miles off Miami.
    • Passengers can ask for a transfer ticket when they board the bus.
    • We boarded the ship with trepidation, as memories of a previous trip over 10 years ago were not particularly pleasant.
    • He was searched thoroughly before he boarded the aircraft, and there was, in our view, no risk to the security of the aircraft or the safety of people on that aircraft.
    • The five-hour protest ended when police boarded the ship, arrested the captain, and detained the crew.
    • He directed them to abandon ship and to board life rafts in the 25-foot seas.
    • To my dismay I found that the departure gates through which passengers pass to board their aircraft were closed.
    • She was just ten weeks old when she boarded the ship in April 1912 with her parents and older brother to seek a new life in America.
    • She boarded the aircraft as soon as the boarding announcement was made.
    Synonyms
    get on, enter, go on board, go aboard, step aboard, climb on, mount, ascend, embark
    1. 1.1be boarding (of an aircraft) be ready for passengers to embark.
      flight 172 to Istanbul is now boarding at gate 37
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Two men embrace tenderly before separating, 'tickets please' calls a voice from the past, and an electric sign reads 'the 20.55 is now boarding'.
      • We check the bags, and by now the plane is boarding.
      • Flight 2723 to Atlanta is now boarding and we apologize for the long delay.
      • British Airways Flight BA117 is now boarding through gate number 10.

  • 2no object Live and receive regular meals in a house in return for payment or services.

    the cousins boarded for a while with Ruby
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The surveyors and researchers worked, roomed, and boarded at the picturesque site along the edge of the Panama Canal.
    • Previously all the school's teachers had boarded in private homes.
    • And there's the couple I boarded with, who gave me the keys to the house the first night I stayed with them.
    • The teacher boarded with us as we were the only family who would offer board.
    • She and her sister were both taught to draw by a grammar school teacher who had been boarding at their home.
    • He is boarding at her family's house until he can find his own home.
    • To pay his legal bills he had to sell his house, and for the past eight years he has boarded with a couple living in the same area.
    • In those days students had no transportation to and from school and boarded in private houses.
    • Wilkins, a medical student who'd boarded there for five years, stood in his undershirt with his shoes in hand.
    • Liv normally boarded in the room across from me so that we could each have our own bathrooms.
    • From September she will board at the White Lodge in Richmond Park London, the Royal Ballet's accommodation.
    Synonyms
    lodge, live, reside, have rooms, be quartered, be housed, be settled, have one's home
    accommodate, lodge, take in, put up, house, billet, quarter, harbour, provide shelter for, shelter, give a bed to, give someone a roof over their head, make room for, give accommodation to, receive
    1. 2.1 (of a student) live at school during the semester in return for payment.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He grew up on a farm in north Yorkshire and boarded at public schools from the age of seven.
      • She attended the local primary school, but was sent to board at Roedean school near Brighton at the age of nine.
      • At eight, Will starts boarding at Horris Hill prep school, taking piano lessons and finally becoming head chorister.
      • Some still have grandparents but they are too old or sick to bring them up so they board at the school in dormitories.
      • Kevin boarded at Auckland's Sacred Heart College during his secondary school years - but his loyalty does not lie there.
      • The young Piers went to prep school and asked if he could board when he was 11.
      • These students board from Sunday night to Friday, going home for the weekend.
      • Wass was born in Lincolnshire but left home at eleven to board at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester.
      • Not all the kids at the school boarded - there were also day pupils.
      • The next year Warren was sent to board at All Souls school in Charters Towers.
      • So I'll be boarding at school, and starting year 11 again.
      • Aged six, he was sent to England to board at Ovingdean preparatory school in Sussex, spending holidays with his grandparents.
      • A charming and unassuming man, Kevin says as there was no second level education in Rathdowney when he was growing up, he boarded in Rockwell College.
      • A fall in the number of children boarding at private schools has been blamed on Government-imposed costs.
      • They boarded at Kirkham Grammar School and, ever since they left, talented youngsters have been following what is now a well worn path to Heywood Road.
      • Lloyd Ewenin said he attended residential school from age seven to 15 and he boarded 10 months of the year.
      • Unlike Oxford rival Summer Fields, where most pupils board, at the Dragon day pupils are in the majority.
      • She wasn't a Catholic but she boarded at a convent school run by the Sisters of Providence.
      • His father was a Rugby-educated doctor who thought he was doing his son a favour sending him off to board at public school.
      • When her parents moved to Norway, Mina and her elder sister boarded at a convent school in Perth.
    2. 2.2with object Provide (a person or animal) with regular meals and somewhere to live in return for payment.
      dogs may have to be boarded at kennels
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Before we leased these acres the land was fenced in corrals and the owner boarded horses.
      • First and foremost, they are saved the cost and worry of boarding their pets while they are away.
      • There are several places to board your horse while you take in the activities and history available in the area.
      • She and her daughter boarded their horses on the ranch.
      • Most animals boarded out are dogs and cats with some ducks and rabbits.
      • If you are unable to return to your home right away, you may need to board your pet.
      • If he was hired, the owner might allow him to board his horses for free.
      • But Truman, who was still angry that Ally had boarded him for nearly a week, turned away.
      • With gritted teeth, the governors found themselves having to board the babies with Catholics.
      • The cowboys say the Master Street stable was the last large, affordable place for them to board their horses in the city.
      • They boarded her at her vet's office, where they just absolutely love her and give her the royal treatment during every stay.
      • Horses were her life, and she had become a stable-hand to earn some extra money to buy and board a horse of her own.
      • Casper is determined to have Sam boarded at a military school, probably in hopes that he doesn't turn out anything like his mother.
      • While raising her family she also used to board dogs and looked after injured animals for vets.
      • He was kept up to date with proceedings in the ring by John Clarke of the Irish National Stud, which boards the mare.
      • He has not yet decided which farm will board the chestnut mare.
      • The cats are boarded on one side, the dogs on the other.

  • 3board something upwith object Cover or seal a window, storefront, or other structure with pieces of wood.

    the shop was still boarded up
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The doors of the house have been bolted shut and some of the windows are boarded up.
    • When we arrived the site was boarded up and the former car park was now just a building site.
    • When the Evening Press visited the property four windows were boarded up and grass and weeds were growing wildly in the front garden.
    • Most of the buildings were boarded up or destroyed.
    • Most city workers were leaving early preparing for the long walk home - there were no buses, all the Tube stations were boarded up and there were no taxis for hire.
    • One window of her terraced home is boarded up and the building has been empty since she was taken into custody last year.
    • Several buildings are boarded up and vandalised.
    • Officers had difficulty entering the site because it was boarded up and protected by a locked gate and fence.
    • All the buildings were boarded up and derelict.
    • All of its doors and windows were boarded up after the glass was smashed in earlier attacks.
    • All the windows were boarded over with large sheets of plywood.
    • The building had been boarded up on several occasions and was a prime target for vandals.
    • There was a window, but like the others in the house, it had been boarded up.
    • The windows are boarded up and covered with bars.
    • It doesn't look good when so many windows are boarded up.
    • Large parts of the city centre were barricaded off, and the windows of virtually all shops and department stores were boarded up with wooden or plastic panels.
    • The smashed windows are boarded up because we cannot afford to replace them.
    • At the moment the windows are boarded up but repair work is due to start early next week.
    • A year ago the classrooms stood empty, the windows were boarded up, and the future of the Queen Anne School building was anything but certain.
    • The windows and doors on most of the buildings were boarded up.
    Synonyms
    cover over, cover up, close up, shut up, seal

  • 4no object Ride on a snowboard.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Night skiing is an exhilarating experience you won't want to miss when fellow skiers gather to ski or board down the main run each night with flares in hand.
    • My friends and I love to board.
    • I guess my best day out of the whole trip was Friday, where we boarded across to the two lower and relatively small runs on Super Morzine.

Phrases

  • go by the board

    • (of something planned or previously upheld) be abandoned, rejected, or ignored.

      my education just went by the board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The traditional principles of perspective usually go by the board, though many naive artists are capable of rendering distance and depth by their own means.
      • When push came to shove, ethics went by the board and they joined the ranks of sleazy money launderers.
      • The months went by - the goal of September publication had long since gone by the board - and at the end of November we still did not know exactly what sort of deal Celera had struck with Science.
      • Opponents deserved no respect and the conventions of war went by the board.
      • Weeks of planning went by the board when it poured down and the barriers blocking the way into Albert Square were lifted with more than two hours to go.
      • But the older method of hand plucking had now gone by the board on some of the larger farms.
      • Sometimes whole ways of talking go by the board.
      • Hopefully, whatever else may have gone by the board, your resolve to put on a new face for the world is still firm.
      • I will want to hear about specific cases where opportunities have gone by the board.
      • The longed-for tour to New Zealand went by the board.

  • on board

    • 1On or in a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Representatives of both organisations attended a special event on board the Irish naval ship.
      • After leaving the Army, Bill served on board a passenger ship sailing between Southampton and South Africa.
      • Paul has four major companies lined up for bookings, and one wedding has already taken place on board the aircraft.
      • Christopher Columbus reputedly chanced upon hammocks in Haiti and sailors were soon slumbering in them on board ship.
      • It was unclear exactly how many people were on board the chartered aircraft.
      • Visitors can follow clues around the exhibition to discover what life on board a Viking ship would have been like.
      • Mr Kelly said the 770 passengers on board the ship were preparing to disembark.
      • When the electrical system on board the ship failed the crew were forced to cut their journey short and pull in to Sligo.
      • As long as the ship had lifeboats on board it was fit to travel.
      • After a quick assessment he was taken on board the aircraft.
      1. 1.1informal Onto a team or group as a member.
        the need to bring on board a young manager
        Example sentencesExamples
        • So North was brought on board, only to be told last summer that his contract would not be renewed when it expires this August.
        • Two prominent dating experts have been brought on board to assist members in their search.
        • After the company took over, how was the new management team brought on board?
        • We have an exceptional team on board with over two dozen national and international advertising awards between them.
        • It invested an initial £6 million and acted as an agent to bring on board other big companies.
        • He had just taken over the manager's role and he is bringing me on board as goalkeeping coach.
        • She's counting on more corporate sponsors coming on board to support the team.
        • Perhaps now is the time to bring the association on board and provide it with the authority and resources required to nurture new referees.
        • The company is also about to bring on board a property development partner, to exploit more fully its extensive land portfolio.
        • We are all very excited to have her on board the team, and look forward to seeing great things in the coming year.
      2. 1.2informal (of a jockey) riding.
        Example sentencesExamples
        • I had seen many jockeys on board the same Florida Pearl, but no one handled him better than the bold Maguire.
        • Murtagh was on board Motivator when he secured an impressive win in the Dante Stakes at York.
        • Etherington has booked Paul Fessey to ride Evening Press, the same jockey who was on board last time she ran.
        • Richard Johnson managed to stay on board the Champion two-miler but the error cost him too much ground in the 2m contest.
        • When he jumped on board, the horse seemed to sense that now it was time for business.
        • They had two winners but neither had usual stable jockey McCoy on board.
        • Pat Eddery won the race at the age of 51 on board Landing Light.
        • Frankie Dettori completed a double on Ladies' Day at Royal Ascot on Thursday as he won the Gold Cup on board Papineau.
        • Blowing Wind, which has twice finished third in the Grand National, was again in third place with Tony McCoy on board.
        • Champion jockey Tony McCoy, on board Best Mate, finished in second while Bacchanal took third.
      3. 1.3On base.

  • take something on board

    • informal Fully consider or assimilate a new idea or situation.

      we've got to take accusations of sexism on board
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It would be pleasing to many people if this suggestion was followed up and especially if elected representatives would take it on board.
      • After a lot of discussion with you all, your ideas have been taken on board.
      • Members of the group were anxious that the parking bay for the school bus should be clearly defined and Dave also took this request on board.
      • I am not surprised the idea has not been taken on board.
      • ‘I understand the fans frustrations and I take it on board,’ said Thompson.
      • We feel people are taking these things on board, following advice and genuinely complying with regulations.
      • Moreover, the trust is taking environmental concerns on board by planning better park and ride and cycling facilities for those who can use them.
      • But we believe customs were very receptive with the feedback we gave and took it on board in making this great decision.
      • It's great to see the Government recognise this and take our model on board so comprehensively.
      • They claim he is trying to bury the issue rather than taking their criticisms on board.
      Synonyms
      understand, comprehend, work out, fathom out, make sense of, grasp, catch, follow, perceive, make out, penetrate, divine, search out, ferret out, puzzle out, take in, assimilate, absorb, get to the bottom of

  • tread (or walk) the boards

    • informal Appear on stage as an actor.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Lured to the stage, he trod the boards for fifteen years as an actor, producer, and playwright.
      • After treading the boards, he turned his hand to writing and script editing, and this was the career which made his name.
      • Numerous stints treading the boards with his local drama group have inspired him to try his hand as a playwright.
      • A keen member of her local amateur dramatics club, Christine enjoys treading the boards when not working.
      • At that stage I still wanted to be an actor, to be front of house and treading the boards.
      • Scores of young performers are preparing to tread the boards at York's Grand Opera House when its summer youth production opens next week.
      • A group of teenage theatre-lovers who have overcome disability to tread the boards and win rave reviews have had their acting ability endorsed at the highest level.
      • A talented actress who has only been treading the boards for a year could be picked to join the cast of a highly-acclaimed West End musical.
      • A theatre company whose actors have been treading the boards for 20 years in Swindon has received a big cash boost.
      • George is an actor who has trod the boards with many of the big names in British theatre.
      Synonyms
      drama, the theatre, the stage, the performing arts, dramatic art, dramatics, dramaturgy, stagecraft, theatricals, theatrics, the thespian art, show business

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’.

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