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overboard

 

Definitions from WordNet

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

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Overboard

Definition:

Adverb: going or falling over the side of a ship into the water.
Adjective: excessive or extreme; going to an extreme measure.
Noun: the side of a ship above the water.
Verb: to discard something or someone intentionally from a ship or boat into the water.

Examples:

Adverb: The sailor fell overboard during the storm.

Adjective: He went overboard with decorating his house for Halloween.

Noun: He lost his footing and fell into the icy water, barely clinging to the ship's overboard.

Verb: In a fit of rage, she grabbed his belongings and overboarded them into the sea.

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