overboardadv.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəbɔːd/,

/ˌəʊvəˈbɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈˌoʊvərˈˌbɔrd/

Forms: see over prep. and board n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over prep., board n.

Etymology: < over prep. + board n. Compare Middle Dutch overboort (Dutch overboord), Old Swedish ouer bordhe (Swedish över bord).With sense 3 compare earlier above board adv. 2. Written as one word since the late 18th cent. Compare also overboards , in sense 1a ( < over- prefix + board n. + -s suffix¹):c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3702 Alle þe kene mene of kampe, knyghtes and oþer, Killyd are colde dede and castyn ouer burdez. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ō^uvəɹbō^ə·ɹd) /əʊvəˈbɔəd/.

a. Of motion: over the side of a ship or boat; out of, off, or from a ship into the water, etc. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [adverb] > over the side of a ship

overboardOE

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xviii. 318 Hi þa wurpon heora waru oforbord.

c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 151 (MED) Her sailes þai leten doun..ouer bord þai strade Al cladde.

c1390 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 922 The theef fil ouerbord al sodeynly.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 157 (MED) Þer watz busy ouerborde bale to kest.

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 278 Rotteyn And for their ffeblenes cast ouer Borde.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 13412 He..warpet ouer burde Mikill riches & relikes reft fro the toune.

1572 G. Gascoigne Voy. to Holland in Hearbes in Wks. (1587) 168 Whych cast the best fraight ouer~boord away.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 18 [They] Cut thair Cabillis, and ouir burd cast thair geir.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 120 I escap'd vpon a But of Sacke, which the Saylors heaued o're-boord.

1633 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1904) 2nd Ser. V. 554 He ran mad and wold have luppin ovirburd.

1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 102 They left my Fore~staff, with only the Thirty-cross, having as I suppose, flung the other Crosses over-board.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 17 The Pearl..had thrown about 14 Ton of Water over board.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 30 In such extremes, no moment should be lost, But over-board, the cumb'rous cannon tost.

1812 Examiner (1813) 18 Jan. 43/2 Twelve..were thrown over~board when making from us.

1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxviii. 491 It was noble to see..the boys swarm up onto that scaffold and heave sheriffs and such overboard.

1939 J. B. Morton Bonfire of Weeds vi. 143 The pilot, leaning out, threw a small object overboard.

1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond viii. 77 More than one woman got shoved overboard into the sea during the struggle.

1992 Holiday Which? May 137/1 Drop your mud weight—a bell-shaped weight which you heave overboard to act as an anchor.

b. Placed or situated beyond the side of or outside a ship or boat, esp. in the water surrounding the ship. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [adverb] > outside a ship

overboard1627

outboard1869

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 Hale vp the slatch of the Lee-boling. By Slatch is meant the middle part of any rope hangs ouer boord.

1699 T. Allison Acct. Voy. Archangel 30 I caused the Fish that hung overboard for watering, to be hauled in.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 80 He rigged out a spar, one end of which projected overboard.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 186 On another occasion,..I had a net overboard to catch pelagic animals.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxix. 557 The lower parts of a ship's lightning-rods are not always overboard; but are generally made in..links, so as to be the more readily hauled up.

1904 J. London Sea-wolf iii. 33 Several men picked up the hatch-cover with its ghastly freight, carried it to the lee side, and rested it on the boats, the feet pointing overboard.

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 272 I looked overboard to make certain of the map square.

2002 Sun (Nexis) 23 Mar. We sailed faster and faster with the yacht tipping over so much we all had to sit on the opposite side, with our legs hanging overboard.

2. figurative.

a. to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard: to cast aside, discard, reject, renounce.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > abandon, renounce, or refuse to acknowledge

shrivec1374

disavowc1400

reject1426

renouncec1450

disvow1502

disavouch1583

disclaim1585

to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard1588

disacknowledge1598

forjure1601

disknow1606

disvoucha1616

to swear off1839

to throw down1895

to go into the discard1898

ditch1921

cancel1990

1588 W. Byrd Songbooks xxviii. 2 Our passions be the Pirates still that spoyle, and ouerboard cast's out our reasons fraight.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 193 That Religion which is more turbulent, seditious, and stormy, let it be throwne over-board to lighten the ship of the Church.

1679 Established Test 9 They threw over-board all their Loyalty.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) iv. 95 The Princess Governante is not well liked... I suppose that the Statholder will be thrown overboard sometime or other to lay a storm.

1831 C. Lamb in Englishman's Mag. Aug. 555 The judge's ermine; the coxcomb wig; the snuff-box à la Foppington—all must overboard.

1876 H. James Roderick Hudson i. 30 We had only..to fling Imitation overboard and fix our eyes upon our National Individuality.

1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room iv. 76 Shakespeare was knocked overboard..with all his pages ruffling.

1956 N. Pevsner Englishness of Eng. Art iii. 61 In the architecture of about 1900 there is in England the fresh yet friendly and human style of Voysey, not the whole-hog throwing overboard of all traditions.

1993 M. Atwood Robber Bride xliv. 343 She had dumped her excess Jewishness overboard, along with her excess Catholicism.

b. Excessively, beyond one's means. Chiefly in to go overboard: to behave immoderately; to go too far; to display excessive enthusiasm.In pontoon (blackjack): to go bust.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adverb]

unordinatelyc1384

untemperately1398

unmeasurablyc1400

unmannerly?a1425

unmeasurablec1443

inordinatelyc1450

riotously?c1450

immoderately1482

surfeitlyc1503

unsoberlyc1540

dissolutely1561

intemperantly1561

unbridledly1561

hard1569

intemperately1576

ahoit1598

high1602

extravagantly1660

overboard1931

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > act immoderately or without restraint [verb (intransitive)]

overdoa1325

outragea1387

surfeitc1400

outraya1450

exceed1488

lasha1560

overlash1579

overlaunch1579

wanton1631

extravagate1829

wallow1876

to hit the high spots1891

to go overboard1931

1931 D. Runyon in Collier's 26 Sept. 8/2 We go overboard today. We are washed out. We owe every bookmaker.., and now we are out trying to raise some scratch to pay off.

1945 A. A. Ostrow Compl. Card Player 39 If a player's total count passes 21..he has ‘gone over’, ‘gone overboard’ or ‘busted’. Banker collects the bet.

1960 N.Z. Listener 30 Sept. 11/1 I cannot admire ‘abstract’ interpretations any more than I can go overboard about sculpture rigged up out of bicycle parts.

1998 Muscle News No. 33. 37/6 You can really go overboard and spend so much money on things.

†3. Plainly and openly. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adverb]

barelyc950

beforeOE

openlyOE

nakedly?c1225

in a person's bearda1250

opelyc1275

apertly1297

commonlya1325

opena1325

overtlyc1325

pertlya1375

plainc1380

in (also on) opena1382

in apertc1384

plainlyc1390

in open (also general) audiencea1393

aperta1400

in commonaltya1400

outa1400

without laina1400

in commonc1400

publishlyc1400

pertc1410

in publicc1429

on higha1450

in pert1453

to a person's facea1470

into heightc1480

forthward?1504

but hidel?1507

publicly1534

uncolouredly1561

roundly1563

famously1570

vulgarly1602

above board1603

round1604

displayedly1611

on (also upon) the square?1611

undisguisedly1611

broadly1624

discoveredly1659

unveiledly1661

under a person's nose1670

manifestly1711

before faces1762

publically1797

overboard1834

unashamedly1905

upfront1972

1834 H. O'Brien Round Towers Ireland 327 To speak over~board, the lapses..were to him ethically unavoidable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overboard
释义	† overboardv. Forms: 1500s overborded (past participle). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: overboard adv. Etymology: < overboard adv. Obsolete. transitive. To throw overboard.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] outOE deposec1300 remuec1325 to put out1344 to set downc1369 deprivec1374 outputa1382 removea1382 to throw outa1382 to put downc1384 privea1387 to set adowna1387 to put out of ——?a1400 amovec1425 disappoint1434 unmakec1475 dismiss1477 dispoint1483 voidc1503 to set or put beside (or besides) the cushion1546 relieve1549 cass1550 displace1553 unauthorize1554 to wring out1560 seclude1572 eject1576 dispost1577 decass1579 overboard1585 cast1587 sequester1587 to put to grass1589 cashier1592 discompose1599 abdicate1610 unseat1611 dismount1612 disoffice1627 to take off1642 unchair1645 destitute1653 lift1659 resign1674 quietus1688 superannuate1692 derange1796 shelve1812 shelf1819 Stellenbosch1900 defenestrate1917 axe1922 retire1961 1585–6 Earl of Leicester Corr. (1844) 312 I will rather be overthrowne by her majesties doings then overborded by their churles and tinkers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2020). overboardadv. Brit. /ˈəʊvəbɔːd/, /ˌəʊvəˈbɔːd/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərˈˌbɔrd/ Forms: see over prep. and board n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: over prep., board n. Etymology: < over prep. + board n. Compare Middle Dutch overboort (Dutch overboord), Old Swedish ouer bordhe (Swedish över bord).With sense 3 compare earlier above board adv. 2. Written as one word since the late 18th cent. Compare also overboards , in sense 1a ( < over- prefix + board n. + -s suffix¹):c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 3702 Alle þe kene mene of kampe, knyghtes and oþer, Killyd are colde dede and castyn ouer burdez. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ō^uvəɹbō^ə·ɹd) /əʊvəˈbɔəd/. 1. a. Of motion: over the side of a ship or boat; out of, off, or from a ship into the water, etc. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [adverb] > over the side of a ship overboardOE OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xviii. 318 Hi þa wurpon heora waru oforbord. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 151 (MED) Her sailes þai leten doun..ouer bord þai strade Al cladde. c1390 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 922 The theef fil ouerbord al sodeynly. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 157 (MED) Þer watz busy ouerborde bale to kest. 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 278 Rotteyn And for their ffeblenes cast ouer Borde. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 13412 He..warpet ouer burde Mikill riches & relikes reft fro the toune. 1572 G. Gascoigne Voy. to Holland in Hearbes in Wks. (1587) 168 Whych cast the best fraight ouer~boord away. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 18 [They] Cut thair Cabillis, and ouir burd cast thair geir. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 120 I escap'd vpon a But of Sacke, which the Saylors heaued o're-boord. View more context for this quotation 1633 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1904) 2nd Ser. V. 554 He ran mad and wold have luppin ovirburd. 1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 102 They left my Fore~staff, with only the Thirty-cross, having as I suppose, flung the other Crosses over-board. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 17 The Pearl..had thrown about 14 Ton of Water over board. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 30 In such extremes, no moment should be lost, But over-board, the cumb'rous cannon tost. 1812 Examiner (1813) 18 Jan. 43/2 Twelve..were thrown over~board when making from us. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ Connecticut Yankee xxxviii. 491 It was noble to see..the boys swarm up onto that scaffold and heave sheriffs and such overboard. 1939 J. B. Morton Bonfire of Weeds vi. 143 The pilot, leaning out, threw a small object overboard. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond viii. 77 More than one woman got shoved overboard into the sea during the struggle. 1992 Holiday Which? May 137/1 Drop your mud weight—a bell-shaped weight which you heave overboard to act as an anchor. b. Placed or situated beyond the side of or outside a ship or boat, esp. in the water surrounding the ship. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [adverb] > outside a ship overboard1627 outboard1869 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ix. 39 Hale vp the slatch of the Lee-boling. By Slatch is meant the middle part of any rope hangs ouer boord. 1699 T. Allison Acct. Voy. Archangel 30 I caused the Fish that hung overboard for watering, to be hauled in. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 80 He rigged out a spar, one end of which projected overboard. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. ix. 186 On another occasion,..I had a net overboard to catch pelagic animals. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxix. 557 The lower parts of a ship's lightning-rods are not always overboard; but are generally made in..links, so as to be the more readily hauled up. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf iii. 33 Several men picked up the hatch-cover with its ghastly freight, carried it to the lee side, and rested it on the boats, the feet pointing overboard. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 272 I looked overboard to make certain of the map square. 2002 Sun (Nexis) 23 Mar. We sailed faster and faster with the yacht tipping over so much we all had to sit on the opposite side, with our legs hanging overboard. 2. figurative. a. to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard: to cast aside, discard, reject, renounce. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > abandon, renounce, or refuse to acknowledge shrivec1374 disavowc1400 reject1426 renouncec1450 disvow1502 disavouch1583 disclaim1585 to throw (also cast, fling, etc.) overboard1588 disacknowledge1598 forjure1601 disknow1606 disvoucha1616 to swear off1839 to throw down1895 to go into the discard1898 ditch1921 cancel1990 1588 W. Byrd Songbooks xxviii. 2 Our passions be the Pirates still that spoyle, and ouerboard cast's out our reasons fraight. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper iii. 193 That Religion which is more turbulent, seditious, and stormy, let it be throwne over-board to lighten the ship of the Church. 1679 Established Test 9 They threw over-board all their Loyalty. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) iv. 95 The Princess Governante is not well liked... I suppose that the Statholder will be thrown overboard sometime or other to lay a storm. 1831 C. Lamb in Englishman's Mag. Aug. 555 The judge's ermine; the coxcomb wig; the snuff-box à la Foppington—all must overboard. 1876 H. James Roderick Hudson i. 30 We had only..to fling Imitation overboard and fix our eyes upon our National Individuality. 1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room iv. 76 Shakespeare was knocked overboard..with all his pages ruffling. 1956 N. Pevsner Englishness of Eng. Art iii. 61 In the architecture of about 1900 there is in England the fresh yet friendly and human style of Voysey, not the whole-hog throwing overboard of all traditions. 1993 M. Atwood Robber Bride xliv. 343 She had dumped her excess Jewishness overboard, along with her excess Catholicism. b. Excessively, beyond one's means. Chiefly in to go overboard: to behave immoderately; to go too far; to display excessive enthusiasm.In pontoon (blackjack): to go bust. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adverb] unordinatelyc1384 untemperately1398 unmeasurablyc1400 unmannerly?a1425 unmeasurablec1443 inordinatelyc1450 riotously?c1450 immoderately1482 surfeitlyc1503 unsoberlyc1540 dissolutely1561 intemperantly1561 unbridledly1561 hard1569 intemperately1576 ahoit1598 high1602 extravagantly1660 overboard1931 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > act immoderately or without restraint [verb (intransitive)] overdoa1325 outragea1387 surfeitc1400 outraya1450 exceed1488 lasha1560 overlash1579 overlaunch1579 wanton1631 extravagate1829 wallow1876 to hit the high spots1891 to go overboard1931 1931 D. Runyon in Collier's 26 Sept. 8/2 We go overboard today. We are washed out. We owe every bookmaker.., and now we are out trying to raise some scratch to pay off. 1945 A. A. Ostrow Compl. Card Player 39 If a player's total count passes 21..he has ‘gone over’, ‘gone overboard’ or ‘busted’. Banker collects the bet. 1960 N.Z. Listener 30 Sept. 11/1 I cannot admire ‘abstract’ interpretations any more than I can go overboard about sculpture rigged up out of bicycle parts. 1998 Muscle News No. 33. 37/6 You can really go overboard and spend so much money on things. †3. Plainly and openly. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adverb] barelyc950 beforeOE openlyOE nakedly?c1225 in a person's bearda1250 opelyc1275 apertly1297 commonlya1325 opena1325 overtlyc1325 pertlya1375 plainc1380 in (also on) opena1382 in apertc1384 plainlyc1390 in open (also general) audiencea1393 aperta1400 in commonaltya1400 outa1400 without laina1400 in commonc1400 publishlyc1400 pertc1410 in publicc1429 on higha1450 in pert1453 to a person's facea1470 into heightc1480 forthward?1504 but hidel?1507 publicly1534 uncolouredly1561 roundly1563 famously1570 vulgarly1602 above board1603 round1604 displayedly1611 on (also upon) the square?1611 undisguisedly1611 broadly1624 discoveredly1659 unveiledly1661 under a person's nose1670 manifestly1711 before faces1762 publically1797 overboard1834 unashamedly1905 upfront1972 1834 H. O'Brien Round Towers Ireland 327 To speak over~board, the lapses..were to him ethically unavoidable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1585adv.OE
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† overboardv.

overboardadv.