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# overturn

verb (overturn, overturns, overturned, overturning)

«overturn» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To overturn is to turn over, or make something turn over, so the bottom is on top: the boat overturned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overturn/#m1)
2. (law) To overturn a decision is to change it officially and say it was wrong: the judge overturned the ruling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overturn/#m2)
3. To overturn an idea is to show it is wrong or replace it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overturn/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and news: overturned boats, cars or tables. In law and citizenship: overturning a verdict or a ban. In science: new discoveries can overturn old ideas. In the Bible: Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers in the Temple.

### Examples

- The canoe overturned and we fell into the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overturn/#x1)
- The wind overturned our tent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overturn/#x2)
- Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overturn/#x3)
- The court overturned the unfair decision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overturn/#x4)
- The lorry overturned on the motorway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overturn/#x5)
- New fossils overturned the old idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overturn/#x6)

### Note

Past: overturned. Similar: capsize (for boats), tip over, knock over. In law the opposite is uphold (keep the decision).

## In Jewish tradition

In Job, God holds back the waters and then sends them out, so that they overturn the earth.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as showing God's total power over nature, who can both hold back and release.

### Examples

- Behold, He withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; also He sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. (Writings JOB.12.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/#x1)

### Note

Past: overturned. Similar: capsize (for boats), tip over, knock over. In law the opposite is uphold (keep the decision).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «overturn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overturn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overturn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/overturn.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «overturn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/overturn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«overturn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/overturn.html) on Mova free.