overhaul

Plural: overhauls

Noun

• periodic maintenance on a car or machine
  • "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor"
• the act of improving by renewing and restoring
• A major repair, renovation, or revision.
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: overhauled, overhauling, overhauls

• To thoroughly examine and repair machinery or a system.
• travel past
• make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to
  • "You should overhaul your car engine"
  • "overhaul the health care system"
• To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
• To pass, overtake, or travel past.
• To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
• To search (a ship) for contraband goods.

Examples

• I decided to overhaul my Scrabble strategy after a string of disappointing losses.
• The engine required a complete overhaul to run properly.

Synonyms

inspection and repair, modernise, modernize, overtake, pass, redevelopment, renovation, service

Anagrams of overhaul