Dictionary Entry
overturn
overturn is a 8-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
- 2transitive verb
To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
- 3transitive verb
To overpower; to conquer.
- 4noun
The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.
- 5noun
an improbable and unexpected victory
"the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"
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- 6noun
the act of upsetting something
"he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"
- 7verb
change radically
"E-mail revolutionized communication in academe"
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- 8verb
rule against
"The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"
- 9verb
cancel officially
"He revoked the ban on smoking"
"lift an embargo"
- 10verb
turn from an upright or normal position
"The big vase overturned"
"The canoe tumped over"
- 11verb
cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
"The cat knocked over the flower vase"
"the clumsy customer turned over the vase"
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- 12verb
cause the downfall of; of rulers
"The Czar was overthrown"
"subvert the ruling class"
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