overhaul
v.
renovate; make overall repairs; examine for defects before making repairs; overtake, catch up with
n.
renovation; overall repair; general inspection for defects before repair
overhaul
Noun
1. periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"
(synonym) inspection and repair, service
(hypernym) care, maintenance, upkeep
(hyponym) interim overhaul
(derivation) modernize, modernise
Verb
1. travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
(synonym) pass, overtake
(hypernym) advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
(hyponym) get by
2. make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine"
(synonym) modernize, modernise
(hypernym) regenerate, renew
(hyponym) retrofit
(entail) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
(derivation) inspection and repair, service
Overhaul
(v. t.)
To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.
(v. t.)
To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.
(n.)
Alt. of Overhauling
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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overhaul
Synonyms and related words:
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
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.