boarding

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English

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, board +‎ -ing.

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boarding

  1. present participle and gerund of board

Noun

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boarding (countable and uncountable, plural boardings)

  1. The act of people getting aboard a ship aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.
    • 2000, Peter Gregory Furth, Data Analysis for Bus Planning and Monitoring, page 24:
      Load profiles are a standard analysis tool showing passenger activity (boardings, alightings) and passenger load at each stop along a route in a single direction.
  2. The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.
  3. A structure made of boards.
  4. (uncountable) The riding of a skateboard.
  5. (ice hockey) A penalty called for pushing into the boards.

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