Commit and Board

• (v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
• (v.t.) To confound.
• (v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
• (v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
• (v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
• (v.t.) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
• (v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.

verb

• Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
  • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • synonyms: perpetrate, pull
• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
• Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
  • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
• Confer a trust upon.
  • usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
  • synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
• Make an investment.
  • usage: "Put money into bonds"
  • synonyms: invest, put, place
• Engage in or perform.
  • usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
  • synonyms: practice

(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

noun

• A committee having supervisory powers.
  • usage: "the board has seven members"
• A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes.
  • synonyms: plank
• A flat piece of material designed for a special purpose.
  • usage: "he nailed boards across the windows"
• Food or meals in general.
  • usage: "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"
  • synonyms: table
• A vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view.
  • synonyms: display panel, display board
• A table at which meals are served.
  • usage: "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board"
  • synonyms: dining table
• Electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices.
  • usage: "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
  • synonyms: control panel, instrument panel, control board, panel
• A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities.
  • synonyms: circuit board, circuit card, card, plug-in, add-in
• A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games.
  • usage: "he got out the board and set up the pieces"
  • synonyms: gameboard

verb

• Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc..
  • synonyms: get on
• Live and take one's meals at or in.
  • usage: "she rooms in an old boarding house"
  • synonyms: room
• Lodge and take meals (at. )
• Provide food and lodging (for. )
  • usage: "The old lady is boarding three men"

• (n.) The side of a ship.
• (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.
• (n.) The border or side of anything.
• (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.
• (n.) To furnish with regular meals or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
• (n.) To go on board of or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
• (v.t.) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
• (n.) To enter, as a railway car.
• (n.) To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
• (v.t.) To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
• (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.
• (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
• (v.i.) To obtain meals or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
• (n.) A table to put food upon.
• (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
• (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
• (n.) The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.

(DoD) An organized group of individuals within a joint force commander's headquarters, appointed by the commander (or other authority) that meets with the purpose of gaining guidance or decision. Its responsibilities and authority are governed by the authority which established the board.