Definitions for overboard
ˈoʊ vərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrdover·board

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. overboardadverb

   to extremes

   "he went overboard to please his in-laws"

2. overboardadverb

   from on board a vessel into the water

   "they dropped their garbage overboard"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. overboardadverb

   over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat

   It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.

2. overboardadjective

   excessive; too much

   They really went overboard with the party preparations.

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1. overboard

   Overboard refers to the act of falling or being thrown off a ship or boat into the water. It also can mean going to excessive, overly extreme, or dramatic lengths in action or behavior.

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1. Overboard

   Overboard is a 1987 American romantic comedy film starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell. It was directed by Garry Marshall, produced by Roddy McDowall, and loosely inspired by the 1974 Italian film Swept Away. In turn, Overboard was adapted into the 2006 South Korean television series, Couple or Trouble.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Overboard

   ō′vėr-bōrd, adv. over the board or side: from on board: out of a ship.—Thrown overboard, deserted, discarded, betrayed.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. overboard

   The state of any person or thing in the sea which had been in a ship.--Thrown overboard also means cast adrift by the captain; withdrawal of countenance and support.

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Anagrams for overboard »

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How to say overboard in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of overboard in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of overboard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of overboard in a Sentence

1. Justice Elena Kagan:

   Whether the item is a fisherman's ledger, or an undersized fish, throwing it overboard has the identical effect on the administration of justice.

2. Stan Tatkin:

   This is how you stay in the game because you’re both responsible for this boat that you’re on and if one of you go overboard, you both go overboard.

3. Jeavon Lolay:

   Most people don't understand what has spooked markets. It's up to economic data now to demonstrate that markets have gone overboard in projecting very low inflation, one reason is probably that markets don't believe the response from policymakers is adequate.

4. Kevin Feldis:

   This is the first time we have charged Clean Water Act crimes for an actual discharge of oil into the EEZ (exclusive economic zone) off the coast of Alaska, as detailed in the court documents, witnesses saw a sheen off the side of the vessel after the chief engineer hooked up a pump to illegally dump oily bilge water overboard.

5. Heather Patisaul:

   Because everybody is different, it is impossible to know what the 'right' amount of soy is, but people can certainly go overboard, for people wanting to achieve a reasonably healthy protein intake without experiencing possibly negative effects of soy, there is no need to have soy at every meal or to replace all foods [like milk and cheese] with soy-based ones.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=overboard
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Overboard
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=overboard
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=overboard
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=overboard
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=overboard