overturn

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)n/ verbe B2

En français : renverser, retourner, capoter, verser

To turn over, capsize or upset.
To overthrow or destroy. (transitive)
To reverse (a decision); to overrule or rescind. (transitive)
To diminish the significance of a previous defeat by winning; to make a comeback from. (transitive)
To undergo a limnic eruption, where dissolved gas suddenly erupts from the depths. (intransitive)

He/she/it overturns · Prétérit overturned · Participe passé overturned · Forme en -ing overturning

Formes du verbe

Forme de base: overturn
He/she/it: overturns
Prétérit: overturned
Participe passé: overturned
Forme en -ing: overturning

Dans la bibliothèque

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.

Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 7 · B2

As to the Admiralty—it is buzzing like an overturned bee-hive.

Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 7 · B2

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 Count of Monte Cristo, p. 631 · C1

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.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 665 · C1

Autres résultats

overturn renversement, annulation C2

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