| Main Entry: | board |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embark on vehicle |
Synonyms: |
catch, climb on, embus, emplane, enter, entrain, get on, hop on, mount |
| Notes: | a board is a committee having supervisory powers, a plank, or food served to lodgers - while bored is tired of the world a plank is thicker than a board |
Antonyms: |
disembark, get off, leave |
| Main Entry: | board |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide food and sleeping quarters |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, bed, canton, care for, feed, harbor, house, let crash, lodge, put up, quarter, room |
Antonyms: |
turn out |
| Main Entry: | aboard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on or in a transportation object |
Synonyms: |
boarded, consigned, embarked, en route, in transit, loaded, on, on board, traveling |
Antonyms: |
not on, off |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make room, lodging available |
Synonyms: |
board, contain, domicile, entertain, furnish, harbor, hold, house, put up, quarter, receive, rent, shelter, supply, take in, welcome |
Antonyms: |
turn away, turn out |
| Main Entry: | catch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come from behind and grab |
Synonyms: |
board, climb on, come upon, cotch, get, go after, grab, hop on, jump, make, overhaul, overtake, pass, ram, reach, run down, take |
Antonyms: |
let go, push |
| Main Entry: | embark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get on transportation object |
Synonyms: |
board, commence, emplane, enter, entrain, go aboard ship, launch, leave port, plunge into, put on board, set about, set out, set sail, take on board, take ship |
Antonyms: |
disembark, stay |
| Main Entry: | entertain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accommodate visitors |
Synonyms: |
admit, be host, board, chaperone, dine, do the honors, feed, foster, give a party, harbor, have a do, have a get-together, have company, have guests, have visitors, house, invite, lodge, nourish, pick up the check, pop for, put up, quarter, receive, recreate, regale, room, show hospitality, spring for, throw a party, treat, welcome, wine and dine |
Antonyms: |
refuse, reject, turn away |
| Main Entry: | get on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mount |
Synonyms: |
ascend, board, climb, embark, enplane, entrain, go up, scale |
Antonyms: |
dismount, get off |
| Main Entry: | harbor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hide, protect |
Synonyms: |
accommodate, board, bunk, conceal, defend, domicile, entertain, guard, hold back, house, lodge, nurse, nurture, provide refuge, put up, quarter, relieve, safeguard, screen, secrete, secure, shelter, shield, suppress, withhold |
| Notes: | harbor first meant 'shelter' and 'lodging' and that is how the word first entered English place-names, as a 'place of shelter; refuge' for a crowd of people; a port is a haven for vessels and it is equipped for loading and unloading ships, while a harbor is a haven for vessels but does not necessarily have onshore facilities |
Antonyms: |
eject, let out, uncover |
| Main Entry: | keep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend; provide for |
Synonyms: |
administer, attend, board, care for, carry on, command, conduct, continue, defend, direct, endure, feed, foster, guard, look after, maintain, manage, mind, minister to, nourish, nurture, operate, ordain, protect, provision, run, safeguard, shelter, shield, subsidize, support, sustain, victual, watch over |
Antonyms: |
abandon, ignore, neglect |