"waterboard" meaning in English

See waterboard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: waterboards [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|water boarde}} Middle English water boarde, {{com|en|water|board}} water + board, {{cog|fy|wetterboard|t=waterboard}} West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), {{cog|nl|waterbord|t=waterboard}} Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), {{cog|de|Wassertafel|t=waterboard}} German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), {{cog|da|vandbræt|t=waterboard}} Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), {{cog|sv|vattenbräda|t=waterboard}} Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), {{cog|is|vatnsbretti|t=waterboard}} Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} waterboard (plural waterboards)
  1. A board set up to windward in a boat, to keep out water.
    Sense id: en-waterboard-en-noun-0WJE~BaW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 28 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 24 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 24 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 23 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 62 22 17
  2. A public commission charged with overseeing water quality in a particular area.
    Sense id: en-waterboard-en-noun-j3lG8ksl

Verb

Forms: waterboards [present, singular, third-person], waterboarding [participle, present], waterboarded [participle, past], waterboarded [past]
Etymology: From Middle English water boarde, waterbord, equivalent to water + board. Compare West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|water boarde}} Middle English water boarde, {{com|en|water|board}} water + board, {{cog|fy|wetterboard|t=waterboard}} West Frisian wetterboard (“waterboard”), {{cog|nl|waterbord|t=waterboard}} Dutch waterbord (“waterboard”), {{cog|de|Wassertafel|t=waterboard}} German Wassertafel (“waterboard”), {{cog|da|vandbræt|t=waterboard}} Danish vandbræt (“waterboard”), {{cog|sv|vattenbräda|t=waterboard}} Swedish vattenbräda (“waterboard”), {{cog|is|vatnsbretti|t=waterboard}} Icelandic vatnsbretti (“waterboard”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} waterboard (third-person singular simple present waterboards, present participle waterboarding, simple past and past participle waterboarded)
  1. To subject to waterboarding, to pour water over a cloth covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive. Categories (topical): Torture Translations (to subject to waterboarding): skendränka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-waterboard-en-verb-00X1ex5x Disambiguation of Torture: 38 13 49

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