Search Result for "throw_overboard":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime;
- Example: "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"
- Example: "forfeited property"
[syn: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego]

2. throw from a boat;
[syn: deep-six, throw overboard]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

throw overboard v 1: lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property" [syn: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego] [ant: arrogate, claim, lay claim] 2: throw from a boat [syn: deep-six, throw overboard]