OVERBOARD

overboard

(adverb) from on board a vessel into the water; “they dropped their garbage overboard”

overboard

(adverb) to extremes; “he went overboard to please his in-laws”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

overboard (not comparable)

Outside of a boat, in the water

Adverb

overboard (not comparable)

Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.

Excessively; too much.

Verb

overboard (third-person singular simple present overboards, present participle overboarding, simple past and past participle overboarded)

(transitive) To throw over the edge of a boat into the water.

Anagrams

• Veroboard, overbroad

Source: Wiktionary


O"ver*board`, adv.

Definition: Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard. To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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