EGAVE

overhaul

About 0.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A major repair, renovation, or revision.
    The engine required a complete overhaul to run properly.
  2. noun The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite.
  3. verb To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
  4. verb To pass, overtake, or travel past.
  5. verb To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
  6. verb To search (a ship) for contraband goods.
  7. verb To carry out an overhaul.

Similar words

modernize service pass overtake inspection and repair renovation revamp refit refurbishing refurbishment

Often followed by

of the and in is or their at its

Word family

overhauled overhauling overhauls

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