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overboard

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As an adjective, overboard means outside of a boat. As an adverb, it means over the edge.

Meanings of overboard

6 meanings

adjective

  1. nauticalOutside of a boat; in the water.

adverb

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

    “It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.”

  2. Excessively; too much.

    “They really went overboard with the party preparations.”

  3. To extremes

    “he went overboard to please his in-laws”

  4. From on board a vessel into the water

    “they dropped their garbage overboard”

verb

  1. To throw over the edge of a boat into the water.

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