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board (Spenser, etc bord, borde, boord or boorde) /bōrd or börd/ noun- A long and wide, comparatively thin, strip of timber
- A table
- Provision of meals (with or without lodging)
- A table around which committee meetings are held
- A formal group or committee, esp one that administers a company, etc
- A slab, etc prepared for playing a game (such as a chessboard) or other special purpose (such as a noticeboard, blackboard, surfboard)
- A printed circuit board
- The side of a ship (nautical)
- (in pl) the stage
- (in pl) the wall around an ice-hockey rink
- A sheet of stiff or laminated paper
- A flat sheet of composite material, such as chipboard, plasterboard, etc
- A rectangular piece forming the side of a book-binding
- The distance sailed by a vessel in one tack (nautical)
- (in duplicate bridge) a set of hands, or the board or set of pockets into which the set of hands is placed for passing on to the next group of players
- Conversation (Spenser)
- Coast (Spenser)
transitive verb- To cover with boards (often with up)
- To supply with food (and bed) at fixed terms
- To place in lodgings
- To go on board (a ship) with hostile intent
- To enter (a ship or (orig US) a train, bus, etc)
- To accost, attack (Shakespeare)
intransitive verb- To receive food (with or without lodging)
- To live as a boarder (with)
- To border (Spenser)
ORIGIN: OE bord board, the side of a ship; ON borth, connected either with bear1 or with broad boardˈer noun - A person who receives board
- A pupil at a boarding school
- A person who boards a ship
- A person engaged in skateboarding, snowboarding, etc
boardˈing noun - The act of covering with boards
- A structure or collection of boards
- The act of boarding a ship, aircraft, etc
- The provision of board
boardˈ-foot noun A unit of boardˈ-measure for timber, a piece one inch thick by 12 inches square board game noun A game (eg chess, snakes-and-ladders) which is played with pieces, counters, etc on a specially designed board boarding card or boarding pass noun A card allowing one to board an aircraft, ship, etc boarding house noun A house where boarders are kept boarding party noun A group of people who go on board a ship boarding pass see boarding card above. boardˈing-pike noun A pike used in boarding a ship, or in defending it when attacked boarding school noun A school in which board and lodging are provided for pupils boardˈ-measure see board-foot above. board meeting noun A meeting of the board of directors of an organization board of directors noun A group of individual directors appointed by a company and collectively responsible for the management of that company Board of Trade noun (Brit) - A former government ministry concerned with trade and industry
- (without caps; N American) a chamber of commerce
Board of Trade unit noun (elec) A kilowatt-hour (abbrev BTU) boardˈroom noun A room for meetings of a board of directors adjective Taking place in a boardroom boardˈsailing noun Sailboarding boardˈsailor noun boardˈ-school noun Formerly, a school under control of a school board board shorts plural noun Loose-fitting knee-length shorts, worn esp by surfers board-waˈges plural noun Payment to a servant in lieu of food boardˈwalk noun (N American) A footpath made of boards above board Openly board out - To have one's meals elsewhere than where one lives
- To place in lodgings
go by the board - To go over the side of a ship
- To be discarded or ignored
- To meet disaster
on board - Aboard
- See also take on board below
sweep the board - To win everything
- To take all the cards
take on board To receive or accept (suggestions, new ideas, additional responsibilities, etc) sweep /swēp/ intransitive verb (pat and pap swept)- To pass swiftly or forcibly, esp with a swinging movement or in a curve
- To move with trailing or flowing drapery, hence with pomp, indignation, etc
- To extend in a long curve
- To range systematically or searchingly
- To play a sweep stroke (cricket)
- To row with sweeps
transitive verb- To pass something brushingly over
- To elicit by so doing (poetic)
- To pass brushingly
- To wipe, clean, move or remove with a broom
- To carry along or off with a long brushing stroke, swiftly and/or with force
- To wipe out or remove at a stroke (often with away or up)
- To perform with a sweeping movement
- To trail with a curving movement
- To drag as with a net or rope
- To search
- To describe, generate or swing through (eg a curve, angle or area)
- To range or move over exploratively or searchingly
- To play a sweep stroke at (cricket)
- To row with sweeps
noun- An act of sweeping
- A swinging movement, swing
- An onrush, surge
- Impetus
- A clearance
- Range, compass
- A curved stair
- A curved drive in front of a building
- That which is swept, sweepings
- A sweepstake
- A search
- A pump-handle
- A long oar
- A sail of a windmill
- A wire drag used in searching for shoals, mines, etc
- A chimney-sweep
- A cricket stroke in which the batter goes down on one knee to play the ball to the legside with a horizontal bat
- A periodic survey of the audience ratings of television stations, used in fixing rates for advertising (N American)
- A blackguard (old slang)
- Sweepback (aeronautics)
ORIGIN: Prob from a lost OE word related to swāpan to sweep, and geswǣpe sweepings; cf soop and swoop sweepˈer noun - A person who, or thing which, sweeps
- (in association football) a defensive player with no marking responsibility who assists the other defenders
- (in cricket) a fielder positioned on the boundary in front of square to stop balls hit through the infield
sweepˈing noun - The action of the verb in any sense
- (usu in pl) things collected by sweeping, rubbish
adjective- Performing the action of sweeping in any sense
- Of wide scope, wholesale, indiscriminate
sweepˈingly adverb sweepˈingness noun sweepˈy adjective Swaying, sweeping, curving sweepˈback noun (aeronautics) The angle at which an aeroplane wing is set back relatively to the axis sweep hand or sweep second hand noun A hand on a clock or watch that indicates seconds sweepˈ-net or sweepˈ-seine noun - A long net paid out in a curve and dragged ashore
- An insect net with a handle
sweepˈ-saw noun A turning-saw (qv under turn) sweepˈstake or sweepˈstakes noun - A method of gambling by which participators' stakes are pooled, numbers, horses, etc assigned by lot, and prize(s) awarded accordingly on decision of event
- Such a prize, race, etc
sweepˈ-washer noun A person who recovers gold or silver from the sweepings of refineries sweptˈback adjective Sweptwing sweptˈwing adjective (of an aircraft, etc) having wings that are swept back make a clean sweep (of) - To clear out completely
- To win all the awards, prizes, etc
sweep the board see under board |