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   O·ver·board

   /ˈōvərˌbôrd/

   

   adverb

   • 1. from a ship into the water: "the severe storm washed a man overboard"

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   What does overboard mean?

   • The lad came to in four hours; had he died he would have been quietly reported as washed overboard. The father was aghast; he whispered hurriedly, "Pull, for God's sake; she'll roll him overboard before we get up." Overboard definition: over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water. See examples of OVERBOARD used in a sentence.

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   What does it mean if you fall overboard?

   • If you fall overboard, you fall over the side of a boat into the water. His sailing instructor fell overboard and drowned during a lesson. He had jumped overboard in New York harbor and swum to shore. 2. 3. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. See go overboard 3. See throw overboard

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   Can you fall overboard if you're on a boat?

   • You can only fall overboard if you're on a boat. If you fall overboard, don't forget your life vest! The adverb overboard most often comes up when someone falls in the water. 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.

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   What happens if you go overboard?

   • Someone had fallen overboard. Someone fell overboard. It looks like they went a bit overboard, doesn't it? I'm careful about going overboard with the pedals. Of course, many other drugs can be fatal if you go way overboard. Sometimes the virus can get into the oysters if boats dump waste overboard in a harvest area.

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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 !”.

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   adverb. from on board a vessel into the water. go overboardinformal. to be extremely enthusiastic. to go to extremes. throw overboard. to reject or abandon. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of overboard 1. before 1000; Middle English over bord, Old English ofer bord. See over, board. Discover More. Idioms and Phrases.

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   overboard | American Dictionary. adverb [ not gradable ] us / ˈoʊ·vərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd / Add to word list. over the side of a boat or ship and into the water: Someone fell overboard. (Definition of overboard from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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   OVERBOARD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of overboard in English. overboard. adverb. us / ˈoʊ.vɚ.bɔːrd / uk / ˈəʊ.və.bɔːd / / ˌəʊ.vəˈbɔːd / Add to word list. C2. over the side of a boat or ship and into the water: Someone had fallen overboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   3 days ago · Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. overboard in American English. (ˈoʊvərˌbɔrd ) adverb. 1. over a ship's side. 2. from a ship into the water. Idioms: go overboard. throw overboard. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   IPA guide. You can only fall overboard if you're on a boat. If you fall overboard, don't forget your life vest! The adverb overboard most often comes up when someone falls in the water. 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.

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   OVERBOARD | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary. Meaning of overboard – Learner’s Dictionary. overboard. adverb. uk / ˈəʊvəbɔːd / us. Add to word list Add to word list. over the side of a boat and into the water: to fall overboard. Idioms. go overboard.