English-French translations for overboard

• par-dessus bord
  Doivent-elles être rejetées par-dessus bord, doivent-elles être ramenées à quai ? Should they be thrown overboard or taken somewhere?
  Souvent, les cargaisons passent elles aussi par-dessus bord. It is also often the case that cargo goes overboard.
  Les normes de l’OMS ciblent les baigneurs, pas les canoéistes ni les équipages de voiliers qui passent accidentellement par-dessus bord. The WHO standards are based on bathers and not on canoeists or sailing crew who accidentally go overboard.

Definition of overboard

• Outside of a boat, in the water
• Over the edge; especially, off or outside of a boat
• Excessively; too much
• To throw over the edge of a boat into the water

Examples

• It was their practice to throw the scraps overboard
• They really went overboard with the party preparations

Related words

• hoverboard
• man overboard
• go overboard