(a) To throw down (sb. or sth.), cast headlong; knock over (sb. or sth.), overturn; ?push aside [quot.: (a1333)]; knock down (a structure), demolish; (b) to overturn (a vessel), capsize, swamp; also fig.; (c) of a river: to overwhelm (a plain), flood; (d) fig. of Fortune: to turn (her wheel).

(a) To defeat (sb.) in battle, conquer; overthrow (a people or kingdom); also fig.; -- also absol.; (b) to overcome (sb., one's strength, thought, trust, etc.); conquer (vice or virtue), vanquish (sin); ~ counseil, take away (one's wisdom), deprive (sb.) of the power of right reason; (c) ppl. overthrouen, as noun: those who have been overthrown.

(a) To destroy (sb.), kill; ben overthrouen, die; (b) to destroy (sb., one's worldly prosperity, happiness, etc.); bring (sb.) to a state of spiritual or moral ruin; also, cast (sb.), into a state of dejection; from the whel ~, of Fortune: cast (sb.) from her wheel, abandon, betray.

To refute (sb., an argument, doctrine, etc.); thwart (a scheme); discredit (sb., one's reputation); -- also refl.

(a) To fall, fall down, fall headlong; sink; fall in battle; also fig.; aswouen ~, fall in a swoon, faint; (b) of a vehicle or barge: to overturn; (c) to come to ruin, come to grief.