overturn

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   turn from an upright or normal position

   The big vase overturned

2. 2
   verb

   To turn over, capsize or upset.

   About three or four minutes later still an express freight on the up main line ran into the wreckage at about 35 m.p.h. Its engine also overturned and 15 more wagons were added to the mounting pile of wreckage.

3. 3
   verb

   To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.

   In a report for the Sun on Sunday, Barak claimed that Andrew is consulting lawyers about overturning that settlement.

4. 4
   verb

   To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.

   Villa spent most of the second period probing from wide areas and had a succession of corners but despite their profligacy they will be glad to overturn the 6-0 hammering they suffered at St James' Park in August following former boss Martin O'Neill's departure

5. 5
   noun

   an improbable and unexpected victory

6. 6
   noun

   the act of upsetting something

7. 7
   verb

   change radically

8. 8
   verb

   rule against

Etymology

From Middle English overturnen, equivalent to over- + turn. Compare also Middle English overterven (“to overturn”), see terve.