Overturn Definition

ōvər-tûrn
overturned, overturning, overturns
verb
overturned, overturning, overturns
To turn or throw over; upset.
Webster's New World
To cause to fall over; knock or topple over.
Bumped the vase and overturned it.
American Heritage
To conquer; defeat; ruin.
Webster's New World
To ransack.
Found that the room had been overturned during the night.
American Heritage
To turn or tip over; capsize.
Webster's New World
noun
overturns
The act or process of overturning.
The court's overturn of a ruling.
American Heritage
An overturning or being overturned.
Webster's New World
The periodic mixing or circulation of water in a lake or sea as a result of changing temperature of its layers.
American Heritage
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Origin of Overturn

  • over- +"Ž turn

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