Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of board
nounboarding (countable and uncountable, plural boardings)
plural boardings
- countableuncountableThe act of people getting aboard a ship, aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.
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.
2000, Peter Gregory Furth, Data Analysis for Bus Planning and Monitoring, page 24 - countableuncountableThe act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.
- countableuncountableA structure made of boards.
- uncountableThe riding of a skateboard.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
Similar
Broader
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, board + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бординг, абордаж
- бординг (bording)embarkation
- абордаж (abordaž)act of attacking an enemy ship
Catalan càrrega contra la tanca
- càrrega contra la tancaice hockey: penalty called for pushing into the boards
Chinese Mandarin 登船, 乘船
- 登船 (dēngchuán)embarkation
- 乘船 (chéngchuán)embarkation
- 上船 (shàngchuán)embarkation
- 登機 /登机 (dēngjī)embarkation
Danish entring
- entringact of attacking an enemy ship
Finnish kyytiin nouseminen, koneeseen nouseminen
- kyytiin nouseminenembarkation
- koneeseen nouseminenembarkation
- entrausact of attacking an enemy ship
- laudoitusstructure made of boards
- rullalautailuriding a skateboard
- laitataklausice hockey: penalty called for pushing into the boards
French embarquement, abordage
- embarquementembarkation
- abordageact of attacking an enemy ship
German Einschiffung
- Einschiffungembarkation
Hebrew הִסְתַּעֲרוּת עַל הַסִּפּוּן, פְּשִׁיטָה עַל הַסִּפּוּן
- הִסְתַּעֲרוּת עַל הַסִּפּוּן (hista'arut al hasipun)act of attacking an enemy ship
- פְּשִׁיטָה עַל הַסִּפּוּן (pshita al hasipun)act of attacking an enemy ship
Italian imbarco, abbordaggio
- imbarcoembarkation
- abbordaggioact of attacking an enemy ship
- arrembaggioact of attacking an enemy ship
- assaltoact of attacking an enemy ship
- attraccaggioact of attacking an enemy ship
- tavolatostructure made of boards
- coperturastructure made of boards
- assitostructure made of boards
Japanese 乗船, 搭乗
- 乗船 (jōsen)embarkation
- 搭乗 (tōjō)embarkation
Polish abordaż
- abordażact of attacking an enemy ship
Portuguese embarque
- embarqueembarkation
Romanian îmbarcare
- îmbarcareembarkation
Russian поса́дка, аборда́ж
- поса́дка (posádka)embarkation
- аборда́ж (abordáž)act of attacking an enemy ship
- обши́вка (obšívka)structure made of boards
Spanish embarque, embarco
- embarqueembarkation
- embarcoembarkation
- entabladostructure made of boards
Swedish påstigning, ombordstigning
- påstigningembarkation
- ombordstigningembarkation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with boarding
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Cite this entry
APA
boarding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boarding
MLA
“boarding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boarding. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boarding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boarding.
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