overboard

Meanings

• Verb

  Thrown or cast over the side of a ship or boat.

  - "The lifeboat was overboarded when the storm hit."
  - "The pirates threw the chest overboard to lighten the ship."

• Noun

  A situation in which someone or something is no longer part of a group or situation.

  - "He was given the sack and put out overboard."
  - "The scandal caused several politicians to be overboarded."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with overboard
aboard , forebode , mowboard , plowboard

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Variants

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overboard , go overboard , wash overboard

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'beyond the side or board' of a ship.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'overboard' is also used in scuba diving to describe diving too deep and needing to ascend quickly.

2. In the 1958 film 'The Bridge on the River Kwai', Alec Guinness' character is cast overboard by his fellow prisoners as a form of punishment.

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Related Concepts

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1. Cast out: The act of throwing someone or something away or rejecting them.

2. Shipwreck: A vessel that has been wrecked or destroyed at sea.

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Culture

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In literature, 'overboard' has been used metaphorically to describe a situation where someone or something is cast out or rejected.

How to Memorize "overboard"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a ship casting something over the side.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the act of throwing something over the side of a ship.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Over the side, it's cast out' to remember the meaning.

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