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OVERTURNED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom

Example:

sat on an upturned bucket

Synonyms:

overturned; upset; upturned

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

turned (moved around an axis or center)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb overturn

Credits

 Context examples: 

Once, as though a warning had in vague ways flitted through his intelligence, he turned his head and looked back at the overturned sled, at his team-mates, and at the two men who were calling to him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But it was jammed beneath the overturned sled, and by the time Henry had helped him to right the load, One Ear and the she-wolf were too close together and the distance too great to risk a shot.

(White Fang, by Jack London)