overboard
adverb
uk
/ˈəʊ.və.bɔːd/ /ˌəʊ.vəˈbɔːd/ us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.bɔːrd/Meaning of overboard in English
(Definition of overboard from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
overboard | American Dictionary
Someone fell overboard.
Examples of overboard
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Five-foot-long sharks appeared when the reindeer carcasses were set overboard for a cleaning, and the sharks themselves were caught and dissected for their livers.
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They were "bird like" creatures with a female heads that sang so beautifully that sailors were urged to jump overboard to get to them.
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By throwing overboard the world/scheme distinction, there is never possible a change in the material conditions.
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Her concern with paradox and limit goes overboard.
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The only practical means of disposal of the liquid waste is overboard.
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A raft of 10 varas length and so overloaded, that the sailors carried their utensils bending overboard toward the sea.
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However, he eventually throws the script overboard because he cannot write a happy ending.
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The next breaker washed him overboard too, but holding on to a plank he eventually floated safe ashore.
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The trend in modern advertising toward the edgy or the unexpected oftentimes goes overboard in its content and thus the product falls out of the viewers focus.
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I am not suggesting that we throw overboard this traditional method, as it can yield perfectly valid insights particularly with regard to time experienced over various stretches of duration.
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The regulation is designed to prevent shark finning where shark carcasses are thrown overboard after high-value shark fins have been removed.
What you are in fact doing is giving us a little and throwing some ballast overboard.
We do want a new beginning, but not one in which tried and tested methods are thrown overboard.
Because of the events of 2005 and 2006, we have had to tackle illegal immigration, but in that process the asylum-seeker has literally fallen overboard.
The mind boggles to think of those who loved him who were so freely thrown overboard.
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जहाजाच्या कडेवरून पाण्यात पडणे - बोट किंवा जहाजाच्या कडेवरून पाण्यात पडणे…
船外へ, 船外（せんがい）に…
gemiden/küpeşteden suya/denize, gemiden aşağı…
par-dessus bord…
per la borda…
overboord…
ஒரு படகு அல்லது கப்பலின் பக்கவாட்டில் மற்றும் தண்ணீருக்குள்…
(जहाज़ वा नौका में से जल के अंदर) गिर जाना…
વહાણ કે જહાજની બાજુ ઉપરથી અને પાણીમાં.…
over bord…
överbord…
jatuh dr kapal…
über Bord…
over bord…
جہاز کے عرشے پر سے, جہازمیں ایک طرف سے…
за бортом, за борт…
за борт…
పడవ లేదా ఓడ పక్క మీదికి, నీటిలోకి…
مِن المركِب إلى البحْر…
একটি নৌকা বা জাহাজের পাশ দিয়ে জলে পড়ে যাওয়া…
přes palubu…
ke air…
นอกลำเรือ…
qua mạn tàu…
za burtę…
배밖의 물 속으로…
in/a mare, in mare…
