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overboarded

overboarded is the simple past and past participle of overboard.

Meaning of overboard

Verb

overboard (third-person singular simple present overboards, present participle overboarding, simple past and past participle overboarded)

  1. (transitive) To throw over the edge of a boat into the water.
    • ‘Call home that runt Edmund Bonner. He has trotted after me from Spain into France and I swear the next time we take ship I will overboard him.’2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 565
  2. (transitive) To cover (a ceiling) with plasterboard to create a new surface.

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Adjective

overboarded (comparative more overboarded, superlative most overboarded)

  1. Present on too many boards of directors.

Forms of overboarded

comparativemore overboarded
superlativemost overboarded

Questions about overboarded

What does overboarded mean?
Overboarded means present on too many boards of directors.
What is overboarded the simple past and past participle of?
Overboarded is the simple past and past participle of overboard.
What part of speech is overboarded?
Overboarded is an adjective.

Words near overboarded in the dictionary

  1. overblowing
  2. overblown
  3. overblownness
  4. overblows
  5. overboard
  6. overboarded
  7. overboarding
  8. overboards
  9. overboast
  10. overboasted
  11. overboastful

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