noun
Meaning 1
A major repair, renovation, or revision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The engine required a complete overhaul to run properly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overhaul
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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ōʹvə-hôl'
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/ˈəʊvəˌhɔːl/
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ōʹvər-hôl'
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/ˈoʊvɚˌhɔl/
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ōʹvər-häl'
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/ˈoʊvɚˌhɑl/
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rhymes with -ɔːl
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ō'və-hôlʹ
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/ˌəʊvəˈhɔːl/
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ō'vər-hôlʹ
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/ˌoʊvɚˈhɔl/
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ō'vər-hälʹ
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/ˌoʊvɚˈhɑl/
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CMU ARPABET: OW1 V ER0 HH AO2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: firefighting, government
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To pass, overtake, or travel past.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To search (a ship) for contraband goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To carry out an overhaul.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: firefighting, government
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
the act of improving by renewing and restoring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they are pursuing a general program of renovation to the entire property
- a major overhal of the healthcare system was proposed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: renovation, redevelopment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: improvement
Narrower terms: face lift, facelift, face lifting
noun
Meaning 9
periodic maintenance on a car or machine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was time for an overhaul on the tractor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inspection and repair, service
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: care, maintenance, upkeep
Narrower terms: interim overhaul
verb
Meaning 10
make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- You should overhaul your car engine
- overhaul the health care system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: modernize, modernise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: regenerate, renew
Narrower terms: retrofit
verb
Meaning 11
travel past
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The sports car passed all the trucks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pass, overtake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
Narrower terms: get by, clear, top
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English haul English overhaul From over- + haul.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: основен ремонт (osnoven remont) — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Catalan: repassada — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Czech: renovace — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Czech: předělání — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Czech: přepracování — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Czech: pročištění — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Dutch: opknapbeurt — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Dutch: onderhoud — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Dutch: herziening — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Finnish: huolto — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Finnish: korjaus — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Finnish: kunnostus — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- French: révision — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- French: remise à neuf — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- German: Überholung — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- German: Aufarbeitung — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- German: Grundinstandsetzung — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- German: gründliche Überprüfung — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- German: Revision — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- German: Tuning — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- German: Erneuerung — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Italian: revisione — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Malagasy: fanavaozana — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Norwegian Bokmål: overhaling — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Norwegian Nynorsk: overhaling — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Occitan: revision — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Polish: remont generalny — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Portuguese: reestruturação — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Portuguese: revisão — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Portuguese: reforma — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Russian: ремо́нт (remónt) — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Spanish: revisión — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Spanish: repaso — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Spanish: ajuste — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Spanish: reparación general — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Spanish: mantenimiento integral — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Spanish: mantenimiento comprehensivo — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Spanish: mantenimiento holístico — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Ukrainian: капіта́льний ремо́нт (kapitálʹnyj remónt) — a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision
- Bulgarian: правя основен ремонт (pravja osnoven remont) — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Czech: provést generální opravu — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Dutch: opknappen — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Dutch: herstellen — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Dutch: renoveren — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Dutch: moderniseren — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Finnish: huoltaa — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Finnish: kunnostaa — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- French: rénover — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- German: überholen — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- German: modernisieren — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Italian: revisionare — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Malagasy: manavao — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Norwegian: overhale — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Occitan: revisar — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Occitan: renovar — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Occitan: modernizar — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Polish: remontować — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Portuguese: renovar — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Portuguese: repaginar — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Portuguese: modernizar — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Russian: ремонти́ровать (remontírovatʹ) — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Russian: перебирать (perebiratʹ) — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Spanish: revisar — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Spanish: repasar — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Spanish: renovar — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Spanish: modernizar — to modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely
- Bulgarian: настигам (nastigam) — to pass, overtake, or travel past
- Dutch: inhalen — to pass, overtake, or travel past
- Finnish: ohittaa — to pass, overtake, or travel past
- German: überholen — to pass, overtake, or travel past
- Polish: wyprzedzić — to pass, overtake, or travel past
- Spanish: pasar — to pass, overtake, or travel past
- Spanish: adelantar — to pass, overtake, or travel past
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