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Grammar : Adj
Spell : verb oh-ver-turn; noun oh-ver-turn
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈtɜrn; noun ˈoʊ vərˌtɜrn

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Définition of overturned

Origin :
  • early 13c., of a wheel, "to rotate, roll over," from over- + turn (v.). Attested from c.1300 in general transitive sense "to throw over violently;" figurative meaning "to ruin, destroy" is from late 14c. Of judicial decisions, "to reverse," it is attested from 1826. Related: Overturned; overturning.
  • adj upside-down
Example sentences :
  • After his survey he went behind the bar and got the revolver from under an overturned pail.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It was composed of a few overturned omnibuses; for the true Parisian is a cynic.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Everything had been in vain, and we had run against the overturned van.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • You might have taken her for some fairy of the springs who had overturned her urn on herself.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • Then he reached for his overturned chair, set it on its legs, and threw himself into it.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I yawned with prodigious sonority, and overturned a chair with my foot.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • But the overturned spring cart held most interest just now, and he moved over to it.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The fire in the stove was small and dull, and close beside it was an overturned chair.
  • Extract from : « Telepathy » by W. W. Baggally
  • The wagon is overturned and the driver thrown to the pavement.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • As we see, the entire system of ethical values was overturned.
  • Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont

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