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boards up

boards up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of board up.

Meaning of board up

Verb

board up (third-person singular simple present boards up, present participle boarding up, simple past and past participle boarded up)

  1. (transitive) To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
    • The metals from Upnor to the boarded-up Tankfield signal box (by a gateless level crossing) were very rarely used.1941 May, J. Ronald Hayton, “The Chattenden & Upnor Narrow-Gauge Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 208

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What is boards up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Boards up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of board up.

Words near boards up in the dictionary

  1. boards of control
  2. boards of directors
  3. boards of review
  4. boards of supervisors
  5. boards out
  6. boards up
  7. boardsailing
  8. boardsailor
  9. boardsailors
  10. boardsful
  11. boardshort

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