Meaning

Located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship..

Definitions by Sense

1. Located or positioned over the side, especially of a ship.
2. On the opposite side.
3. Over the side.
4. The side facing up or positioned above; the topside; surface.
5. The reverse or opposite side.

Example Sentences

overside cargo

It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.

The cargo was dumped overside by the crew.

Then the caplin moved off, and five minutes later there was no sound except the splash of the sinkers overside, the flapping of the cod, and the whack of the muckles as the men stunned them.

[…] that is, glued to the underside of one card and the overside of the next, thus keeping their edges close and parallel to each other, […]

This chapter contains some of the most humorous writing on the overside of the narrative, and the most serious on the underside.

While the overside of the tiles was well smoothed, the underside was in general left crude and rough.

the overside of the record

Word Forms

• oversides

Antonyms for overside

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When Should You Use Overside?

Use overside when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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