overboardo‧ver‧board /ˈəʊvəbɔːd $ ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/ adverb 
One of the crew fell overboard and drowned. Man overboard (=said when someone falls off a boat)!2go overboard to do or say something that is too extreme for a particular situation: I hope politicians will not go overboard in trying to control the press.3 throw something overboard to get rid of an idea, system etc that is considered to be useless or unnecessary
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- And what happened, that a girl should fall overboard?
- But the flare was useless and I tossed it overboard.
- I threw the decayed rattan overboard.
- One error and he would have been torn loose and hurled overboard to be smothered by the driving spray.
WORD SETS
adrift, adjectiveaft, adjectiveahoy, interjectionaircraft carrier, nounamidships, adverbanchor, nounanchor, verbanchorage, nounark, nounastern, adverbballast, nounbarge, nounbargee, nounbargepole, nounbarnacle, nounbarque, nounbarrage, nounbeach, verbbeam, nounbecalmed, adjectiveberth, nounberth, verbbilge, nounbill of lading, nounbillow, nounblade, nounboat, nounboat hook, nounboathouse, nounboating, nounboatman, nounbob, verbbollard, nounboom, nounbow, nounbridge, nounbrig, nounbulkhead, nounbunk, nounbuoy, nouncabin, nouncabin boy, nouncabin class, nouncabin cruiser, nouncable, nouncanal, nouncanal boat, nouncanoe, nouncanoe, verbcapstan, nouncaptain, nouncatamaran, nouncircumnavigate, verbclipper, nouncoast, verbcoaster, nouncoastguard, nouncockpit, nouncommodore, nouncompanionway, nounconning tower, nouncoracle, nouncordage, nouncox, nouncoxswain, nouncraft, nouncrew, verbcrossing, nouncrow's nest, nouncruise, verbcruise liner, nouncruiser, nouncruise ship, nouncutter, noundeck, noundecompression chamber, nounderrick, noundinghy, noundisembark, verbdisgorge, verbdisplacement, noundock, noundock, verbdocker, noundockside, noundockyard, noundory, noundownstream, adverbdraught, noundraw, verbdrawbridge, noundredge, verbdredger, noundrift, verbdrift, noundrifter, noundriftwood, noundrilling platform, noundrown, verbdry dock, noundugout, noundyke, nounembark, verbensign, nounferry, nounferry, verbferryboat, nounfigurehead, nounfirst mate, nounfirst officer, nounfleet, nounflotilla, nounfo'c'sle, nounforecastle, nounfounder, verbfrigate, nounfrogman, noungalleon, noungalley, noungangplank, noungangway, noungondola, noungondolier, noungrappling iron, nounground, verbgunnel, noungunwale, nounhalyard, nounharbour, nounhatch, nounhawser, nounhelm, nounhelmsman, nounhigh tide, nounhigh water, nounhigh water mark, nounhold, nounhoot, nounhoot, verbhouseboat, nounhovercraft, nounhulk, nounhull, nounhydrofoil, nounhydroplane, nounhydroplane, verbicebreaker, nouninboard, adjectiveinflatable, nouninflow, nounJet Ski, nounjetty, nounjib, nounjunk, nounkayak, nounkeel, nounketch, nounknot, nounkt, land, verblanding stage, nounlane, nounlaunch, verblaunch, nounleeward, adjectivelife belt, nounlifeboat, nounlife buoy, nounlife jacket, nounlifeline, nounlife preserver, nounlife raft, nounlife vest, nounlighter, nounlighthouse, nounlightship, nounliner, nounlist, verblock, nounlock keeper, nounlog book, nounlongshoreman, nounlow tide, nounlow water, nounlow water mark, nounlugger, nounmainmast, nounmainsail, nounmaritime, adjectivemast, nounmaster, nounmasthead, nounmerchantman, nounmerchant navy, nounmerchant seaman, nounminesweeper, nounmizzen, nounmoor, verbmooring, nounmother ship, nounmotorboat, nounnarrow boat, nounnautical, adjectivenavigable, adjectivenavigate, verbnavigation, nounoakum, nounoar, nounoarlock, nounoarsman, nounoarswoman, nounoceangoing, adjectiveoffshore, adjectiveoil slick, nounoil tanker, nounoutboard motor, nounoutrigger, nounoverboard, adverboyster bed, nounpacket boat, nounpaddle, nounpaddle, verbpaddle steamer, nounpassage, nounpelagic, adjectiveperiscope, nounpier, nounpilot, nounpilot, verbpitch, verbPlimsoll line, nounplot, verbply, verbpoop deck, nounport, nounporthole, nounport of call, nounpowerboat, nounprivateer, nounpromenade deck, nounpropeller, nounprow, nounpunt, nounpunt, verbpurser, nounquadrant, nounquarterdeck, nounquay, nounraft, nounrafting, nounreef, verbrefit, verbregatta, nounresurface, verbrig, verbrig, nounrigging, nounroll, verbroll, nounroll-on roll-off, adjectivero-ro, nounrow, verbrowboat, nounrowing, nounrowing boat, nounrowlock, nounrubber dinghy, nounrudder, nounsail, verbsail, nounsailboat, nounsailing, nounsailing boat, nounsailing ship, nounsailor, nounsaloon, nounsampan, nounschooner, nounscull, nounscull, verbscupper, verbscupper, nounscuttle, verbseaborne, adjectivesea captain, nounsea dog, nounseafaring, adjectiveseagoing, adjectivesea lane, nounsea legs, nounsealer, nounseaman, nounseamanship, nounseaworthy, adjectivesheet, nounship, nounshipmate, nounshipping, nounshipping lane, nounship's chandler, nounshipwreck, nounshipwright, nounshipyard, nounside-wheeler, nounskiff, nounskull and crossbones, nounslaver, nounslipway, nounsloop, nounsluice, nounsmack, nounsonar, nounspar, nounspeedboat, nounsplice, verbSS, starboard, nounsteam, verbsteamboat, nounsteamer, nounsteamship, nounsteerage, nounsteersman, nounstern, nounstevedore, nounsteward, nounstewardess, nounstoker, nounsub, nounsubmarine, nounsubmarine, adjectivesubmersible, nounsundeck, nounsupertanker, nounswab, verbswell, nounswing bridge, nountack, nountack, verbtender, nounthird class, nountiller, nountonnage, nountopside, adverbtowpath, nountransport, nountransport ship, nountrawler, nountrim, verbtrimaran, nountroopship, nountub, nountug, nounupstream, adverbvessel, nounvoyage, nounvoyage, verbwake, nounwardroom, nounwarship, nounwaterborne, adjectivewaterlogged, adjectivewaterway, nounweir, nounwhaler, nounwheelhouse, nounwhirlpool, nounwindjammer, nounwindward, adjectivewreck, nounyachting, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY One of the crew fell overboard and drowned.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The young man was washed overboard (=pushed from a boat into the sea by the force of the water) in the storm.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
One of the crew fell overboard and drowned. The young man was washed overboard (=pushed from a boat into the sea by the force of the water) in the storm.· And what happened, that a girl should fall overboard?· They are not allowed out of this dark passage, in case they fall overboard.
· I decided to go overboard with processors and connected three digital multi-effects units and a mono delay.· My problem is, I have a tendency to go overboard with compliments.· They were to stay on the alert for any soldier unlucky enough to go overboard.· Although Levin sometimes goes overboard with jokes, his breezy, slightly irreverent tone is a welcome one.· Then more cans of the gas, so carefully loaded the day before, went overboard.· You are demonstrating to them how to recognize, name and communicate their feelings without going overboard.· Gifford had gone overboard a bit in the blues though ... For some reason this thought made Edwin chuckle to himself.
· A Soviet kitchen hand, hit on the head and thrown overboard.· Then we had thrown overboard everything that was biodegradable and kept the rest in a special rubbish barrel.· Jonah volunteers to be thrown overboard as a sacrifice to the deep in order for them to survive.· Traditional values and old-fashioned rules of journalism have been thrown overboard in the competitive race for audiences and commercial success.· This area of business is so important that the nuclear nations should throw overboard all thought of evenhandedness.· The remains of the Con federate machinist who was torn to pieces were shoveled into buckets and thrown overboard.· In Nicodemia people were bundled into barges, taken out to sea and thrown overboard.· The vinyl coating on the flight-deck Hueys was peeled off and thrown overboard.
· The tragic yachtsman, a Tynesider in his 40s, was washed overboard as he tried to change a sail.· Some of the food had been washed overboard, and the rest would follow or soon be ruined.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► throw something overboard
1over the side of a ship or boat into the water: - Don't you think you went a little overboard on the decorations?
- Although Levin sometimes goes overboard with jokes, his breezy, slightly irreverent tone is a welcome one.
- I decided to go overboard with processors and connected three digital multi-effects units and a mono delay.
- It was feared he'd gone overboard and air and sea search was launched.
- My problem is, I have a tendency to go overboard with compliments.
- Then more cans of the gas, so carefully loaded the day before, went overboard.
- They were to stay on the alert for any soldier unlucky enough to go overboard.
- You are demonstrating to them how to recognize, name and communicate their feelings without going overboard.
One of the crew fell overboard and drowned. Man overboard (=said when someone falls off a boat)!2go overboard to do or say something that is too extreme for a particular situation: I hope politicians will not go overboard in trying to control the press.3 throw something overboard to get rid of an idea, system etc that is considered to be useless or unnecessary