Overturn - definition of overturn by The Free Dictionary To turn over or capsize: The car went off the road and overturned 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
overturn verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . . Definition of overturn verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [intransitive, transitive] if something overturns, or if somebody overturns it, it turns into a position in which the top of it is where the bottom of it normally is or on its side The car skidded and overturned
overturn - WordReference. com Dictionary of English o•ver•turn ˌoʊvɚˈtɜrn v to (cause to) turn over on the side, face, or back: [no object] The truck skidded and overturned [~ + object] The burglars had overturned the furniture to destroy the power of; overthrow:[~ + object] tried to overturn the government