| Boarding 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Board. 2. (n.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose. 3. (n.) The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards. 4. (n.) The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay. Thesaurus Entries air attack, air cover, air strike, air support, blitz, blitzkrieg, boarding, bombardment, bombing, cannonade, cover, dry run, escalade, fire raid, foray, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, lightning attack, lightning war, milk run, mission, raid, razzia, reconnaissance, reconnaissance mission, saturation raid, scaling, scramble, shuttle raid, sortie, strafe, strafing, training mission, umbrella |