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deboarding

deboarding is the present participle and gerund of deboard.

Meaning of deboard

Verb

deboard (third-person singular simple present deboards, present participle deboarding, simple past and past participle deboarded)

  1. To exit a form of transportation such as a boat, ship, airplane, trolley, streetcar or spaceship.
    • President Ford fell as he deboarded Air Force One.
    Synonyms:
    disembark from

Noun

deboarding (countable and uncountable, plural deboardings)

  1. The act of exiting a form of transportation.

Forms of deboarding

pluraldeboardings

Questions about deboarding

What does deboarding mean?
Deboarding means the act of exiting a form of transportation.
What is deboarding the present participle and gerund of?
Deboarding is the present participle and gerund of deboard.
What part of speech is deboarding?
Deboarding is a noun.
What is the plural of deboarding?
The plural of deboarding is deboardings.

Words near deboarding in the dictionary

  1. Debney
  2. Debneys
  3. Debo
  4. deboard
  5. deboarded
  6. deboarding
  7. deboardings
  8. deboards
  9. debobble
  10. debobbled
  11. debobbles

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