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Overboard definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OVERBOARD, adv. Literally, over the side of a ship; hence, out of a ship or from on board; as, to fall overboard; which of course is to fall into the water.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: to extremes; "he went overboard to please his in-laws"
2: from on board a vessel into the water; "they dropped their garbage overboard"

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: before 12th century 1. over the side of a ship or boat into the water 2. to extremes of enthusiasm 3. into discard ; aside

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. from on a ship into the water (fall overboard). Phrases and idioms: go overboard 1 be highly enthusiastic. 2 behave immoderately; go too far. throw overboard abandon, discard.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Overboard O"ver*board`, adv. Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall overboard. To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent or friend.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. 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... ADV: ADV after v 2. If you say that someone goes overboard, you mean that they do something to a greater extent than is necessary or reasonable. (INFORMAL) Women sometimes damage their skin by going overboard with abrasive cleansers... PHRASE: V inflects 3. If you throw something overboard, for example an idea or suggestion, you reject it completely. They had thrown their neutrality overboard in the crisis. PHRASE: V inflects