Overboard
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Overboard is an adjective meaning (nautical) Outside of a boat; in the water.
Meaning
(nautical) Outside of a boat; in the water.
More Meanings
- Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.
- Excessively; too much.
- (transitive) To throw over the edge of a boat into the water.
- (transitive) To cover (a ceiling) with plasterboard to create a new surface.
Example Sentences
It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.
They really went overboard with the party preparations.
‘Call home that runt Edmund Bonner. He has trotted after me from Spain into France and I swear the next time we take ship I will overboard him.’
In reality, brains go overboard with this sort of fear validation. They love any chance to prove a fear is valid while ignoring all the reasons it's not.
Word Forms
- overboards
- overboarding
- overboarded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sea, too, inordinate, immoderate, exorbitant, extravagant.
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