The meaning of OVERTURN is to cause to turn over : upset. How to use overturn in a sentence.

OVERTURN definition: 1. to (cause to) turn over: 2. to change a legal decision: 3. If you overturn someone's majority…. Learn more.

Synonyms for OVERTURN: capsize, upset, collapse, topple, turn over, overthrow, fall, upend; Antonyms of OVERTURN: right, stand up, raise, erect, straighten (up), approval, ratification, passing

OVERTURN meaning: 1. to (cause to) turn over: 2. to change a legal decision: 3. If you overturn someone's majority…. Learn more.

To overturn something is to either flip it upside down or to invalidate it. An amateur kayaker might overturn her boat, while a judge may decide to overturn a previous judgment. When you overturn a wheelbarrow or a tricycle, you literally turn it over.

1. to cause to turn over on the side, face, or back. 2. to destroy the power of; overthrow. 3. to turn over; capsize. n. 4. the act of overturning. 5. the state of being overturned. 6. the thorough circulation of water and nutrients brought about in a lake by …

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.