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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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