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- Dictionaryo·ver·board/ˈōvərˌbôrd/
adverb
- 1. from a ship into the water: "the severe storm washed a man overboard"
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1. : over the side of a ship or boat into the water. 2. : to extremes of enthusiasm. 3. : into discard : aside. Examples of overboard in a Sentence. He threw the fish overboard. The boy fell overboard and almost drowned. One of the sailors fell into the water, and someone shouted “Man overboard !”.
over the side of a boat or ship and into the water: Someone had fallen overboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Terms for location & direction used at sea. abaft. adrift. afloat. aft. aground. amidships. ashore. astern. cast someone adriftidiom. deck. fore. inshore. keep afloat. longshore. offshore. onshore. out. shore. Idioms.
Overboard definition: over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water. See examples of OVERBOARD used in a sentence.
GO OVERBOARD definition: 1. to do something too much, or to be too excited or eager about something: 2. to do something too…. Learn more.
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.
3 meanings: 1. from on board a vessel into the water 2. → See go overboard 3. → See throw overboard.... Click for more definitions.
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.