message Definition–noun | 1. | a communication containing some information, news, advice, request, or the like, sent by messenger, radio, telephone, or other means. |
| 2. | an official communication, as from a chief executive to a legislative body: the President's message to Congress. |
| 3. | the inspired utterance of a prophet or sage. |
| 4. | Computers. one or more words taken as a unit. |
| 5. | the point, moral, or meaning of a gesture, utterance, novel, motion picture, etc. |
—Idiom| 6. | get the message, Informal. to understand or comprehend, esp. to infer the correct meaning from circumstances, hints, etc.: If we don't invite him to the party, maybe he'll get the message. |
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boards Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness. |
| 2. | a flat slab of wood or other material for some specific purpose: a cutting board. |
| 3. | a sheet of wood, cardboard, paper, etc., with or without markings, for some special use, as a checkerboard or chessboard. |
| 4. | boards, | a. | Theater. the stage: The play will go on the boards next week. |
| b. | the wooden fence surrounding the playing area of an ice-hockey rink. |
| c. | a racing course made of wood, used esp. in track meets held indoors: his first time running on boards. |
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| 5. | Bookbinding. stiff cardboard or other material covered with paper, cloth, or the like to form the covers for a book. |
| 6. | Building Trades. composition material made in large sheets, as plasterboard or corkboard. |
| 7. | a table, esp. to serve food on. |
| 8. | daily meals, esp. as provided for pay: twenty dollars a day for room and board. |
| 9. | an official group of persons who direct or supervise some activity: a board of directors. |
| 10. | Nautical.
| b. | one leg, or tack, of the course of a ship beating to windward. |
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| 11. | Railroads. a fixed signal or permanent sign regulating traffic. |
| 12. | a flat surface, as a wall or an object of rectangular shape, on which something is posted, as notices or stock-market quotations: a bulletin board. |
| 14. | Computers. | a. | Also called card, circuit board. a piece of fiberglass or other material upon which chips can be mounted to perform specific functions. |
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| 17. | Australian. | a. | the area of a woolshed where shearing is done. |
| b. | a crew of shearers working in a particular woolshed. |
| c. | sheep about to be sheared. |
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| 18. | Obsolete. the edge, border, or side of anything. |
–verb (used with object) | 19. | to cover or close with boards (often fol. by up or over): to board up a house; to board over a well. |
| 20. | to furnish with meals, or with meals and lodging, esp. for pay: They boarded him for $50 a week. |
| 21. | to go on board of or enter (a ship, train, etc.). |
| 22. | to allow on board: We will be boarding passengers in approximately ten minutes. |
| 23. | to come up alongside (a ship), as to attack or to go on board: The pirate ship boarded the clipper. |
| 24. | Obsolete. to approach; accost. |
–verb (used without object) | 25. | to take one's meals, or be supplied with food and lodging at a fixed price: Several of us board at the same rooming house. |
| 26. | Ice Hockey. to hit an opposing player with a board check. |
—Idioms| 27. | across the board, | a. | Racing. betting on a horse or dog to finish first, second, or third, so that any result where a selection wins, places, or shows enables the bettor to collect. |
| b. | applying to or affecting every person, class, group, etc. |
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| 28. | go by the board, | a. | to go over the ship's side. |
| b. | to be destroyed, neglected, or forgotten: All his devoted labor went by the board. |
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| 29. | on board, | a. | on or in a ship, plane, or other vehicle: There were several movie stars on board traveling incognito. |
| b. | Baseball. on base: There were two men on board as the next batter came up. |
| c. | present and functioning as a member of a team or organization. |
Also, aboard. |
| 30. | on the boards, in the theatrical profession: The family has been on the boards since grandfather's time. |
| 31. | tread the boards. tread (def. 22). |
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