board up
To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from…To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
» The broken window was boarded up.
Das zerbrochene Fenster war mit Brettern zugenagelt.
Разбитое окно было заделано досками.
Розбите вікно було забите дошками.
Meaning
1 sensesTo block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
mit Brettern verrammeln, mit Brettern vernageln
- cover with wooden boards
Examples
20 sentencesThe broken window was boarded up.
Розбите вікно було забите дошками. — ChickenKiev
ruРазбитое окно было заделано досками. — shanghainese
deDas zerbrochene Fenster war mit Brettern zugenagelt. — Hans_Adler
Most of the windows in the house across the street are boarded up.
Tom is boarding up the windows.
Tom boarded up his windows.
ruТом заколотил окна. — Karok
deTom verbretterte seine Fenster. — al_ex_an_der
Shopkeepers boarded up their windows.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
boards up, boarding up, boarded up, boarded up| Base form | board up · to board up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | boards up |
| Present participle | boarding up |
| Past simple | boarded up |
| Past participle | boarded up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb