aboard
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French à (“‘on, in’”) + board (French: bord).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ə'bɔ:rd]
- Audio (US)help, file
[edit] Adverb
aboard (not comparable)
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Superlative |
- On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
- We all climbed aboard.
- Alongside; as, close aboard.
- (baseball) Successfully reached base
[edit] Preposition
aboard
- On board of; as, to go aboard a ship.
- We all went aboard the ship.
- (obsolete) Across; athwart.
- Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast. - Edmund Spenser
[edit] Derived terms
- To fall aboard of, to strike a ship's side; to fall foul of.
- To haul the tacks aboard, to set the courses.
- To keep the land aboard, to hug the shore.
- To lay (a ship) aboard, to place one's own ship close alongside of (a ship) for fighting.
[edit] Translations
on board of
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- Vietnamese: trên tàu, trên boong tàu, trên thuyền, trên xe lửa, trên máy bay, dọc theo, gần, kế, lên trên
