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board

verb [I or T] (GET ON)
 
 
/bɔːd/ US  /bɔːrd/

Definition

B1 to get onto or allow people to get onto a boat, train, or aircraft: At London airport she boarded a plane to Australia. Will passengers waiting to board please go to the ticket counter?Boarding and alighting from modes of transport
(Definition of board verb (GET ON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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