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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-bawrd, uh-bohrd |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈbɔrd, əˈboʊrd |
Définition of aboard
Origin :- late 14c., probably in most cases from Old French à bord, from à "on" + bord "board," from Frankish *bord or a similar Germanic source (see board (n.2)); the "boarding" or sides of a vessel extended to the ship itself. The usual Middle English expression was within shippes borde. The call all aboard! as a warning to passengers is attested from 1838.
- adj on or in a transportation object
- If you haven't time to hear it now, I will tell you aboard ship.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Very well, then, be ready, men; we'll be aboard 'em in a minute or two.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- We laughed at him, and advised him to be quiet and put us aboard the privateer.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- But my wealth and my friends and my son are aboard this ship.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- The sound of the gong, seconded by the electrifying and resonant "Aboard!"
- Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
- After a while Caradoc whispered, "Well, shall we try to get aboard?"
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- “Now the next thing is to get aboard the hulk,” was Dick's thought.
- Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox
- He quickly sent people to assist her, and they brought her aboard.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Aboard my ship I have frying-pans and cooking-pots, vinegar and spices.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- I says to myself, if he finds out I'm aboard this boat, he's got me like a rat in a trap.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
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