overhaul

(ō'vər-hôl', ō'vər-hôl')
tr.v., -hauled, -haul·ing, -hauls.

1. 1. To examine or go over carefully for needed repairs.
   2. To dismantle in order to make repairs.
   3. Nautical. To slacken (a line) or to release and separate the blocks of (a tackle).
2. To make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate: proposals to overhaul the health care system.
3. To catch up with; overtake.

n. (ō'vər-hôl')

1. An act of overhauling.
2. A repair job.

overhauler o'ver·haul'er n.

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verb

1. To restore to proper condition or functioning: doctor, fix, fix up, mend, patch, repair¹, revamp, right. Idioms: set right. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To catch up with and move past: overtake, pass. See approach/retreat.

noun

A thorough or drastic reorganization: shakeup. Informal housecleaning. See change/persist.

The movement of excavated material beyond a distance for which there are no haulage charges.

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(DOD) The restoration of an item to a completely serviceable condition as prescribed by maintenance serviceability standards. See also rebuild; repair.

IN BRIEF: To check thoroughly and make any necessary repairs.

Before putting the boat in the water for the summer, we had the engine overhauled.

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The maintenance procedure in which an airplane, or its components, is disassembled, inspected, serviced, if necessary repaired, and restored to a condition of normal operation.

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For a list of words related to overhaul, see:

• Driving and Repair - overhaul: engine overhaul
• Directions - overhaul: overtake

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See words rhyming with "overhaul."

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - efterse grundigt og reparere
n. - hovedreparation

Nederlands (Dutch)
revisie, beurt, controlebeurt, inhalen, reviseren, inspecteren

Français (French)
v. tr. - réviser, refaire, (fig) restructurer, dépasser, rattraper
n. - révision, restructuration

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überholung, Überprüfung
v. - überholen, überprüfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λεπτομερής επιθεώρηση, επισκευή ή εξέταση, γενική επισκευή
v. - επιθεωρώ, ελέγχω, εξετάζω λεπτομερώς, επισκευάζω ολοκληρωτικά

Italiano (Italian)
revisione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - inspeção (f), revisão (f), retificação
v. - vistoriar, retificar, revisar

Русский (Russian)
капитальный ремонт

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - recorrer, repasar, revisar, examinar, alcanzar
n. - revisión, reparación, examen detenido, arreglo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - undersökning, översyn, genomgång
v. - undersöka, gå igenom, se över, köra (segla) om

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
分解检查, 精细检查, 翻修, 彻底检修, 大修, 详细检查

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 分解檢查, 精細檢查, 翻修
n. - 徹底檢修, 大修, 詳細檢查

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 분해검사 하다, 추월하다
n. - 분해검사, 정밀검사

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 分解検査, オーバーホール, 精密検査
v. - 分解検査する, 精密検査する, 追いつく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فحص دقيق (فعل) يفحص بعنايه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שיפץ, פרק כדי לבדוק, בדק כדי לתקן, השיג‬
n. - ‮שיפוץ, בדיקה ותיקונים‬

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