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BOARD UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does board up mean?
• BOARD UP (verb)
The verb BOARD UP has 1 sense:
1. cover with wooden boards
Familiarity information: BOARD UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cover with wooden boards
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
board up windows before the hurricane
Hypernyms (to "board up" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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