overboard

«overboard» in Mova's school dictionary: over the side of a boat or ship and into the water — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (overboard)

meaning for a pupil

1) Overboard means over the side of a boat or ship and into the water. tree →

2) (informal) To go overboard means to do too much of something, to be too excited or too extreme. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories about the sea, "Man overboard!" is shouted when someone falls off a ship. In water safety lessons, children learn to wear life jackets so they float if they fall overboard. In everyday life, "Don't go overboard" means don't overdo it, for example with decorations or spending. Phrases: "fall overboard", "throw overboard", "man overboard", "go overboard".

examples

• The pirate threw the treasure map overboard. tree →
• "Man overboard!" shouted the captain. tree →
• Always wear a life jacket in case you fall overboard. tree →
• A big wave washed the bucket overboard. tree →
• Mum went overboard with the Christmas lights this year. tree →
• Don't go overboard with the glitter — a little is enough. tree →
• (informal) They threw the old plan overboard and started again. tree →
• He wriggled overboard and John leapt after him. tree →

note

It is an adverb, so you "fall overboard" (no "the"). "Throw something overboard" can also mean to get rid of an idea completely. The opposite direction is "on board" or "aboard" (on the ship).

In the corpora

• In a storm Jonah was thrown overboard, swallowed by a great fish and spat out on land after three days.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «overboard» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.