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adverb
- 1. from a ship into the water: "the severe storm washed a man overboard"
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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.
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: 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.
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.
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.
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.