Category: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.

Overthrow O"ver*throw`, n.

1. The act of overthrowing; the state of being overthrow; ruin. Your sudden overthrow much rueth me. Spenser.

2. (a) (baseball) the act of throwing a ball too high, as over a Player's head. (b) (cricket) a faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that Striker makes an additional run.