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adverb
- 1. from a ship into the water: "the severe storm washed a man overboard"
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The meaning of OVERBOARD is over the side of a ship or boat into the water. How to use overboard in a sentence.
OVERBOARD definition: 1. over the side of a boat or ship and into the water: 2. over the side of a boat or ship and into…. Learn more.
Overboard definition: over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water. See examples of OVERBOARD used in a sentence.
3 meanings: 1. from on board a vessel into the water 2. → See go overboard 3. → See throw overboard.... Click for more definitions.
When it's used literally, it very specifically refers to the movement of a person or an object from a boat into the ocean or other body of water. Figuratively, to go overboard means to take something too far — you're going overboard on your diet if you refuse to eat anything that isn't green.
Define overboard. overboard synonyms, overboard pronunciation, overboard translation, English dictionary definition of overboard. adv. Over or as if over the side of a boat or ship. Idiom: go overboard To go to extremes, especially as a result of enthusiasm.
OVERBOARD meaning: 1. over the side of a boat or ship and into the water: 2. over the side of a boat or ship and into…. Learn more.
Definition of overboard adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
OVERBOARD definition: over the side of a boat and into the water: . Learn more.
over the side of a ship or boat, esp. into or in the water: to fall overboard. Idioms go overboard, to go to extremes, esp. in regard to approval or disapproval of a person or thing: I think the critics went overboard in panning that new show.
