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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
aboard
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
climb
▪ We had a momentary chill when they climbed aboard ... piracy?
▪ John McCain, who climbed aboard shortly after his favorite, Sen.
▪ Gebrec shrugged, climbed aboard, started the engine and drove out of the yard.
▪ Converse placed his bag inside the runner and climbed aboard.
▪ About a dozen men climbed aboard, and I was invited to join them.
▪ As the ship passed, Queequeg paddled to it and climbed aboard.
▪ I hurried round the corner to where I'd parked Armstrong and climbed aboard.
▪ He watched the bus come, the boy climb aboard.
come
▪ Here, a border guard and two customs officers, all in uniform, came aboard to inspect our documents.
▪ Youth and music ministers came aboard.
▪ Iris came aboard with him, wearing a long dress and in full warpaint.
▪ Captain Mayhew of the Jeroboam refuses to come aboard because of an epidemic on his ship.
▪ Sir James hailed the ship, telling the crew they were coming aboard and a large gangplank was lowered.
▪ Or Republicans could try to cut a deal with congressional Democrats in the hope that Mr Clinton would come aboard later.
▪ Santana is hoping that one of the agency's clients will come aboard with sponsorship.
▪ Yet there still are many Fidelity shareholders who came aboard years ago specifically because Fidelity produced above-average returns.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Cissy Patterson, publisher of the Washington Times-Herald, had fresh flowers brought aboard at stopping places along the way.
▪ I hurried round the corner to where I'd parked Armstrong and climbed aboard.
▪ In some cases, locals just climbed aboard once foreign money flooded in.
▪ It was our second morning aboard and we were beginning to feel at home.
▪ Survey ships were carried on the Navy List, but Navy personnel remained aboard on sufferance only.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aboard

Aboard \A*board"\, adv. [Pref. a- on, in + board.]

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

  2. Alongside; as, close aboard. [1913 Webster] (Naut.):

    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.

Aboard

Aboard \A*board"\, prep.

  1. On board of; as, to go aboard a ship.

  2. Across; athwart. [Obs.]

    Nor iron bands aboard The Pontic Sea by their huge navy cast.
    --Spenser.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
aboard

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.

Wiktionary
aboard

adv. 1 on board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. (First attested from around (1350 to 1470).)(R:SOED5: page=6) 2 On or onto a horse, a camel, etc. (First attested in the late 19th century.) 3 (context baseball English) on base. (First attested in the mid 20th century.) 4 Into a team, group, or company. (First attested in the mid 20th century.) 5 (context nautical English) alongside. (First attested from around (1350 to 1470).) prep. On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane. (First attested around 1350 to 1470.)

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WordNet
aboard

  1. adv. on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle [syn: onboard]

  2. on first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard" [syn: on base]

  3. side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship" [syn: alongside]

  4. part of a group; "Bill's been aboard for three years now"

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Usage examples of "aboard".

The party had come aboard without waiting to be invited, their leader stepping forward with his hat in his hand.

The sailors watched for an age as the troops, some walking, more carried, waded out into the surf and shuffled aboard the French transports.

He stopped pacing when he heard the whistles, set to welcome the general aboard with a salute that accorded with his rank.

Every man aboard had imagined that sound, the music of the French terror.

Even so dressed, James Ludlow managed to look slightly out of place, very like a man who was too refined for life aboard a ship.

He carried out his self-imposed task as keeper of the flag-locker in a naturally elegant manner that was deeply incongruous aboard a privateer, a ship designed solely for war.

Every man aboard knew that their vessel was a fine sailer on a bowline.

That supposition was borne out as the captain came aboard, followed by a spotty midshipman and his file of marines.

Most sailors coming aboard a well-run ship, regardless of their purpose, managed a compliment of sorts.

But please remember that, as a guest aboard our ship, we expect better manners.

Men were started aboard this ship, it seemed, even when they were doing their work efficiently.

And aboard this ship a bold look, one that even hints at a challenge to authority, counts as insolence.

That would require leaving sufficient men aboard to subdue the prisoners, which in turn made any future action more hazardous.

Commands aboard the Andromache were so familiar that they could be issued in a whisper.

Instead they laboured to bring aboard water, firewood, hogsheads of beer, rum, and lime juice, and cases of wine.