overturn
/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)n/ verbo B2En español: volcar, trabucar
- To turn over, capsize or upset.
- To overthrow or destroy.
- To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind.
- To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from.
- To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths.
He/she/it overturns · Pasado overturned · Participio pasado overturned · Forma en -ing overturning
Formas del verbo
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- He/she/it
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- Pasado
- overturned
- Participio pasado
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- Forma en -ing
- overturning
De la biblioteca
A NUMBER of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper’s room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily.
As to the Admiralty—it is buzzing like an overturned bee-hive.
Nevertheless, it is necessary that my will should be respected in my family, and that the folly of an old man and the caprice of a child should not be allowed to overturn a project which I have entertained for so many years.
The repast was magnificent; Monte Cristo had endeavored completely to overturn the Parisian ideas, and to feed the curiosity as much as the appetite of his guests.
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