- To throw over; to overturn; to upset; to turn upside down.His wife overthrew the table.
- To cause to fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy; as, to overthrow a government.When the walls of Thebes he overthrew.Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion.
- BaseballTo throw (a baseball) beyond; to throw too high and too far; to overshoot{1}; as, the shortstop overthrew the first baseman.To demolish; overturn; prostrate; destroy; ruin; subvert; overcome; conquer; defeat; discomfit; vanquish; beat; rout.
