aboard
About 6.99 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
We all climbed aboard.
- adverb On or onto a horse, a camel, etc.
to sling a saddle aboard
- adverb On base.
He doubled with two men aboard, scoring them both.
- adverb Into a team, group, or company.
The office manager welcomed him aboard.
- adverb Alongside.
The ships came close aboard to pass messages.
- preposition On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane.
We all went aboard the ship.
- preposition Onto a horse.
- preposition Across; athwart; alongside.
Similar words
onboard alongside on base shipboard boarded board on-board atop bord abroad
Often followed by
the a ship and his to an her with
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