Aboard

adverb

/əˈbɔːd/

Word Frequency: 7.0

Definitions

1.adverbOn board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.

"We all climbed aboard."

2.adverbOn or onto a horse, a camel, etc.

"To sling a saddle aboard."

3.adverbOn base.

"He doubled with two men aboard, scoring them both."

4.adverbInto a team, group, or company.

"The office manager welcomed him aboard."

5.adverbAlongside.

"The captain laid his ship aboard the enemy's ship."

6.prepositionOn board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane.

"We all went aboard the ship."

7.prepositionOnto a horse.

8.prepositionAcross; athwart; alongside.

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