单词 | overturn |
释义 | o·ver·turn (ō′vər-tûrn) v. o·ver·turned, o·ver·turn·ing, o·ver·turns v.tr. 1. a. To cause to turn over; upset or flip over: Large waves overturned the raft. b. To cause to fall over; knock or topple over: bumped the vase and overturned it. c. To ransack: found that the room had been overturned during the night. 2. a. To cause the downfall, destruction, or ending of; overthrow or abolish. See Synonyms at overthrow. b. Law To invalidate or reverse (a decision) by legal means: "his continuing legal battles to overturn a draft-evasion conviction" (Robert Lipsyte). v.intr. To turn over or capsize: The car went off the road and overturned. n. (ōvər-tûrn′) 1. The act or process of overturning: the court's overturn of a ruling. 2. The state of having been overturned. 3. The periodic mixing or circulation of water in a lake or sea as a result of changing temperature of its layers. |
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