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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Overthrow \O`ver*throw"\, v. t. [imp. Overthrew; p. p.
Overthrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.]
1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
[1913 Webster]
His wife overthrew the table. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to
make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden.
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[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Baseball) To throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high
and too far; to overshoot[1]; as, the shortstop overthrew
the first baseman.
[PJC]
Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin;
subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish;
beat; rout.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Overthrow \O`ver*throw"\, v. t. [imp. Overthrew; p. p.
Overthrown; p. pr. & vb. n. Overthrowing.]
1. To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.
His wife overthrew the table. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to
make a ruin of; to destroy.
When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. --Dryden.
[Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
--Shak.
Syn: To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin;
subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish;
beat; rout.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
overthrow
n 1: the termination of a ruler or institution (especially by
force)
2: the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness
could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was
unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way
of living" [syn: upset, derangement]
v 1: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown";
"subvert the ruling class" [syn: subvert, overturn,
bring down]
2: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House
voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn, override,
reverse]
[also: overthrown, overthrew]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
overthrown
See overthrow
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
overthrown
vb.
(past participle of en overthrow nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
overthrown
vb.
(past participle of en overthrow nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
overthrown
vb.
(past participle of en overthrow nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
overthrown
vb.
(past participle of en overthrow nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
overthrown
Englanti vb.
(taivm-pperf en overthrow)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
overthrown
Engelska a.
1 omkullkastad, störtad
2 (avledning en overthrow ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb overthrow)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Overthrown /ˌəʊvəθɹˈəʊn/
مسقط
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
overthrown /ˌəʊvəθɹˈəʊn/
zdolaný
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
overthrown /ˌəʊvəθɹˈəʊn/
přemožený
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
overthrow sb. /ˌəʊvəθɹˈəʊ ˌɛsbˈiː/ (overthrew /ˌəʊvəθɹˈuː/ <>, overthrown /ˌəʊvəθɹˈəʊn/ <>)
jdn. stürzen, zu Fall bringen [übtr.] [pol.]
Synonyms: bring iown sb., overturn sb., topple sb.
see: bringing down, overthrowing, overturning, toppling, brought down, overthrown, overturned, toppled, overthrow a regime, topple a government
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
overthrown /ˌəʊvəθɹˈəʊn/
gestürzt, zu Fall gebracht
Synonyms: brought down, overturned, toppled
see: bring iown sb., overthrow sb., overturn sb., topple sb., bringing down, overthrowing, overturning, toppling, overthrow a regime, topple a government
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
overthrown /ˌəʊvəθɹˈəʊn/
überkippt [geol.]
Synonyms: overturned, overtilted, inverse, reversed, recumbent, underthrust
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
/ˌoʊvɝˈθɹoʊn/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "overthrown":
all up with, ausgespielt, bankrupt, beat, beaten, belied, bested,
blasted, blighted, broken, confounded, confuted, defeated,
deflated, denied, desolated, destroyed, devastated, discarded,
discomfited, discredited, dismissed, disproved, disputed, done for,
done in, down, down-and-out, exploded, exposed, fallen, finished,
fixed, floored, gone to pot, hors de combat, impugned, in ruins,
invalidated, irremediable, kaput, lambasted, lathered, licked,
negated, negatived, on the skids, outdone, overborne, overcome,
overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overturned,
overwhelmed, panicked, punctured, put to rout, ravaged, refuted,
rejected, routed, ruined, ruinous, scattered, settled, shown up,
silenced, skinned, skinned alive, spoiled, stampeded, trimmed,
trounced, undone, upset, wasted, whelmed, whipped, worsted,
wrecked
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
vbl. 推翻;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vbl. overthrow的过去分词
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