boarded

Boarded is the past tense and past participle of the verb board. It has several common senses in English.

One sense is entering or loading onto a vehicle or vessel. To board a train, ship, airplane, or bus means to go aboard. For example, “The passengers boarded the plane.” This usage is active in present and past contexts and often appears in transportation reporting and schedules.

Another sense relates to providing meals and lodging. To board someone or to board at a place means to supply regular meals and a place to stay, typically in a boarding house, hotel, or school. Examples include, “They boarded at a local inn” and “The students boarded at the academy.” The noun form boarder refers to a person who receives such meals and lodging.

A third sense covers covering openings with boards, usually for security or weather protection. The verb phrase board up describes this action, and the adjective boarded describes surfaces or buildings that have been covered with boards, such as “The storefront was boarded up after the storm.”

In some contexts, boarded can describe surfaces made of wooden boards, as in “boarded walls” or “boarded floors,” though more precise terms like “boarded” or “planked” are often used depending on construction or finish.

Etymology traces boarded to Old English bord, meaning a plank or table, with senses expanding over time to include entering vehicles and providing meals as social arrangements. Related terms include board, boarding, boarder, boarding house, and materials like plywood or timber used for boarding.