English dictionary

overboard

/'/oU/v/@/r,b/oU/rd/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adverb

to extremes

adv.all

Examples
He went overboard to please his in-laws.

Source: WordNet 3.0
from on board a vessel into the water

adv.all

Examples
They dropped their garbage overboard.

Source: WordNet 3.0
Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into the water; as, to fall <i>overboard</i>.

adverb

Source: webster1913