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fall turnover — fall overturn … Dictionary of ichthyology
overturn — overturn, upset, capsize, overthrow, subvert are comparable because they carry a common basic meaning to cause to fall, or, intransitively, to fall, from the normal or proper position. Otherwise they vary widely in their applications and… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fall — Synonyms and related words: Niagara, Scotch mist, Waterloo, abate, abatement, ablate, accept, apostasy, ascend, assail, assault, associate with, attack, autumn, backslide, backsliding, bag, bank, bate, be destroyed, be eaten away, be found, be… … Moby Thesaurus
overturn — I. Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to cause to turn over ; upset < overturned the vase > 2. a. invalidate, destroy b. reverse 2a < overturn a court ruling > … New Collegiate Dictionary
overturn — v. & n. v. 1 tr. cause to fall down or over; upset. 2 tr. reverse; subvert; abolish; invalidate. 3 intr. fall down; fall over. n. a subversion, an act of upsetting … Useful english dictionary
overturn — Synonyms and related words: Waterloo, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, be lost, beating, bloodless revolution, bouleversement, breakdown, breakup, bring down, capsizal, capsize, careen, cataclysm, catastrophe, clean slate, clean sweep,… … Moby Thesaurus
overturn — o•ver•turn v. [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈtɜrn[/t]] n. [[t]ˈoʊ vərˌtɜrn[/t]] v. t. 1) to cause to turn over on the side, face, or back 2) to destroy the power of; overthrow 3) to turn over; capsize 4) the act of overturning 5) the state of being overturned 6)… … From formal English to slang
autumn turnover — the mixing of the entire lake water mass in the autumn (or fall; presumably this is an English phenomenon see also fall overturn or turnover) … Dictionary of ichthyology
meromictic — |merə|miktik adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary mer (III) + mict (from Greek miktos mixed, verbal of mignynai to mix) + ic more at mix of a lake : undergoing incomplete circulation at the fa … Useful english dictionary
Revolutions of 1989 — Fall of Communism redirects here. For the fall of the Soviet Union, see Dissolution of the Soviet Union. Revolutions of 1989 Top left: Round Table in Warsaw. Top right: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Middle left: Romanian Revolution. Middle right:… … Wikipedia
