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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Overboard  \O"ver*board`\,  adv 
  Over  the  side  of  a  ship;  hence  from  on  board  of  a  ship,  into 
  the  water;  as  to  fall  overboard. 
 
  {To  throw  overboard},  to  discard;  to  abandon,  as  a  dependent 
  or  friend. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  overboard 
  adv  1:  to  extremes;  "he  went  overboard  to  please  his  in-laws" 
  2:  from  on  board  a  vessel  into  the  water;  "they  dropped  their 
  garabge  overboard" 




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