Sekirov Dictionary

overboard

/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbɔː(ɹ)d/

adverb 2
verb 2
adjective 1
forms 3
phrases 2

adverb2

•
Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat.
- It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard.
•
Excessively; too much.
- They really went overboard with the party preparations.

verb2

•
To throw over the edge of a boat into the water.
- ‘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.’ — 2020
To cover (a ceiling) with plasterboard to create a new surface.

adjective1

Outside of a boat; in the water.

forms

overboarded · overboarding · overboards

Phrases with overboard

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