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aboard
a·board / əˈbôrd/ • adv. & prep. on or into (a ship, aircraft, train, or other vehicle): [as adv.] welcome aboard, sir [as prep.] climbing aboard the yacht. ∎ fig. into an organization or team as a new member: [as adv.] coming aboard as IBM's new chairman. ∎ Baseball on base as a runner: putting their first batter aboard. PHRASES: all aboard! a call warning passengers to get on a ship, train, or bus that is about to depart. |
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"aboard." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "aboard." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-aboard.html "aboard." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-aboard.html |
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aboard, in or on board a ship. The word is also widely used in other maritime meanings: for one ship to fall aboard another was for it to fall foul of another; in the days of sailing navies to lay an enemy aboard was to sail alongside it with the intention of carrying it with boarders; in square-rigged ships to haul the tacks aboard is to brace the yards round for sailing close hauled.
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"aboard." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "aboard." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-aboard.html "aboard." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-aboard.html |
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aboard alongside (a ship) XIV; on or onto (a ship) XV. var. of on board, partly after (O)F. à bord; see A-1, BOARD.
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T. F. HOAD. "aboard." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "aboard." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-aboard.html T. F. HOAD. "aboard." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-aboard.html |
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•aboard, abroad, accord, afford, applaud, award, bawd, board, 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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"aboard." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "aboard." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-aboard.html "aboard." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-aboard.html |
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