overhaul n : periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" [syn: inspection and repair, service]

1 travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn: pass, overtake]

2 make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine" [syn: modernize, modernise]

English

Etymology

From over + haul.

Pronunciation

• a RP /ˈəʊ.və.hɔːl/, /"@U.v@.hO:l/
• a US /ˈoʊ.vɚ.hɔːl/

Homophones

• overall

Noun

1. A major repair, renovation, or revision.

   The engine required a complete overhaul to run properly.

Translations

• Dutch: opknapbeurt , onderhoud , herziening
• Finnish: huolto, korjaus, kunnostus
• German: Überholung , Aufarbeitung , Grundinstandsetzung , gründliche Überprüfung , Revision
• Polish: remont generalny

Verb

1. To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
2. To pass, overtake, or travel past.

Translations

adjust, adjustment, amends, audit, autopsy, balance, balance the books, canvass, catch up with, check, check out, check over, check up on, cobble, come up to, come up with, commission, compensation, condition, correction, darn, demonstrate, do up, doctor, double-check, examination, examine, fix, fix up, fixing, gain on, gain upon, get ahead of, give an examination, go over, inspect, inspect the books, inspection, inventory, lap, leave behind, leave standing, look at, look over, making right, mend, mending, monitor, observe, outdistance, outpace, outrun, outsail, outstrip, overhauling, overlook, overtake, pass, pass over, pass under review, patch, patch up, peer at, perlustration, perusal, peruse, pore over, postmortem, prove, put in commission, put in order, put in repair, put in shape, quality control, ready, rebuild, rebuilding, recap, recompense, recondition, reconditioning, reconstruct, rectification, redress, refurbish, remedy, renovate, renovation, repair, repairing, reparation, restore, retread, revamp, review, run over, run-through, satisfaction, scan, scrutinize, scrutiny, service, set an examination, set to rights, sew up, size, size up, study, survey, take, take account of, take stock, take stock of, take the measure, tinker, tinker up, troubleshooting, verify, visitation