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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
overhaul
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a radical overhaul (=big changes in order to improve something)
▪ government plans for a radical overhaul of the health care system
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
system
▪ In Aischines' time, and precisely in 357, Euboulos' government had overhauled the system of naval finance and administration.
▪ Neither are attempts to overhaul the system.
▪ A substantial majority supported overhauling both systems.
▪ Lamberth ordered the government to overhaul the trust fund system.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ All the electrical wiring in the house was being completely overhauled because of the risk of fire.
▪ An engineer is coming in to overhaul the air conditioning.
▪ The engine has been overhauled and runs much more smoothly now.
▪ They promised to reduce taxes and overhaul the whole welfare system.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A bipartisan reauthorization bill to overhaul the act, authored by Sen.
▪ But tire makers have also overhauled their business.
▪ Dole spent much of the day trying to demonstrate how he has overhauled his campaign to conform to his populist message.
▪ He would overhaul rallying, remove the controversy from Formula One and re-design the sportscar championships.
▪ In Aischines' time, and precisely in 357, Euboulos' government had overhauled the system of naval finance and administration.
▪ Is there a firm that can overhaul the self levelling unit as fitted to the Range Rover?
▪ Relentlessly, the gazelle is overhauled.
▪ Tommy Thompson to radically overhaul welfare.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
complete
▪ The yard has been earmarked for a complete overhaul by private developers.
▪ Boetsch rejected a complete overhaul of the new charges brought in Jan. 1, though.
▪ We are long overdue for a complete overhaul of the mathematics curriculum at all levels.
▪ Mr. Pollard says a complete overhaul of the system is needed, to establish guilt and innocence and find the truth.
▪ By then a complete overhaul is often too late to be of much use.
▪ He campaigned on behalf of the wrongly-convicted Guildford Four and urged a complete overhaul of the appeal system.
▪ It is a luxurious 87-room hotel overlooking the bay and is currently undergoing a complete overhaul at considerable cost.
▪ But he said there would have to be a complete overhaul of the electoral system first.
major
▪ Every two years, the plants are shut down for major overhaul.
▪ He also has voiced skepticism that a major overhaul of the tax system would be enacted soon.
▪ The success of any major production overhaul could also depend on the extent to which union agreement is forthcoming.
▪ This team does not need a major overhaul.
▪ A major overhaul of the mechanicals can't be too far away.
▪ The sub needs to dive safely to her full depth capability after a major overhaul in order to win her navy approval.
▪ Their hangar complex at Coventry Airport is capable of major airframe overhaul, modification and repair.
radical
▪ It is calling for a radical overhaul of coastal protection and flood defence planning.
▪ Either black children are stupid or the traditional model of education needs a radical overhaul.
▪ The radical overhaul of press legislation did not materialize.
▪ Six months is not a long time in which to evaluate the most radical overhaul of the civil justice system since 1875.
▪ Yet it never seems to have occurred to politicians that maybe the whole system is wrong and needs a radical overhaul.
thorough
▪ Calls for a thorough overhaul are growing louder.
▪ Paradox 4 represents a thorough overhaul of an already well-liked product.
▪ Rufus had thought Goblander needed a thorough overhaul and the mechanic confirmed this, adding that it would cost him.
■ NOUN
welfare
▪ State officials say the changes, which were included in the sweeping welfare overhaul law approved by the Legislature and Gov.
▪ From the left, he is accused of political cowardice in signing the Republican welfare overhaul with its roiling undercurrents of race.
▪ Maxine Waters, whose Los Angeles district would be hit hard by the welfare overhaul.
▪ Luntz recommends that Dole use welfare overhaul as a unifying issue, because it appeals to the Buchanan Brigades without offending moderates.
▪ Jackson, who opposes the welfare overhaul, says Clinton is far preferable to Dole.
▪ Public opinion polls show a majority of respondents support a welfare overhaul.
■ VERB
need
▪ Yet it never seems to have occurred to politicians that maybe the whole system is wrong and needs a radical overhaul.
▪ This team does not need a major overhaul.
▪ Rufus had thought Goblander needed a thorough overhaul and the mechanic confirmed this, adding that it would cost him.
▪ Either black children are stupid or the traditional model of education needs a radical overhaul.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ an overhaul of the election process
▪ The Chevy needs a complete overhaul.
▪ Work on the overhaul of the boiler has just started.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A drastic overhaul of land-ownership and farming is urgent.
▪ An occupational therapist helped her choose a keyboard as part of an overhaul of her work station and typing posture.
▪ Middle engine is on overhaul and the outers have four-bladed propellers.
▪ Paradox 4 represents a thorough overhaul of an already well-liked product.
▪ The provision went on the books last year as part of an overhaul of state welfare law.
▪ The success of any major production overhaul could also depend on the extent to which union agreement is forthcoming.
▪ This team does not need a major overhaul.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overhaul

Overhaul \O`ver*haul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overhauled; p. pr. & vb. n. Overhauling.]

  1. To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

  2. (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.

  3. To repair thoroughly; to make repairs on; -- usually implying major repairs and perhaps modifying improvements.

    To overhaul a tackle, to pull on the leading parts so as to separate the blocks.

    To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

Overhaul

Overhaul \O"ver*haul`\, Overhauling \O`ver*haul"ing\, n.

  1. A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.

  2. A major repair or a revision for the purpose of improvement.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
overhaul

1620s, from over- + haul (v.); originally nautical, "pull rigging apart for examination," which was done by slackening the rope by hauling in the opposite direction to that in which it is pulled in hoisting. Replaced overhale in sense of "overtake" (1793). Related: Overhauled; overhauling.

overhaul

1826, from overhaul (v.).

Wiktionary
overhaul

n. A major repair, remake, renovation, or revision. vb. 1 To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely. 2 To pass, overtake, or travel past. 3 (context nautical English) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

WordNet
overhaul

  1. n. periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" [syn: inspection and repair, service]

  2. v. travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn: pass, overtake]

  3. make repairs or adjustments to; "You should overhaul your car engine" [syn: modernize, modernise]

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Wikipedia
Overhaul

Overhaul may refer to:

  • The process of overhauling, see
    • Maintenance, repair, and overhaul
    • Refueling and Overhaul
    • Time between overhaul
  • Overhaul (Transformers), a Transformers character
Overhaul (firefighting)

Overhaul is the process of searching for hidden fire extension on a fire scene. It is used in conjunction with salvage operations to reduce loss cause by fire. Overhaul is one of the last steps in the firefighting process.

Usage examples of "overhaul".

Professor Ardlan was overhauling the Neutralizer, testing its series of complicated wires and gadgets, one by one.

As possibly our whole South Polar Expedition would depend on the motor doing its work properly, the result of this was that the projected cruise was cut short, and after a lapse of three weeks our course was set for Bergen, where we changed the oil for refined paraffin, and at the same time had the motor thoroughly overhauled.

And of fulfilment of this he was not deprived, for when, some time after the swift gliding of the Pride had given place to a subdued and pulseless motion that was almost retrogressive, she was gradually overhauled by the Lass, it was noticed that she too was running at less than half-speed.

I meant him to overhaul the whole rearward administrative machine, paying particular attention to the great tank and aircraft repairing etablishments, as well as to the evergrowing railway, road, and port development which was now in progress.

I get paid, I promise you a proper overhaul, rebore, decontam, the works.

A speedy car, cleaving in from a rough street that formed a short-cut to the station, swerved to begin a burst of speed that would enable it to overhaul that cab that Sark had summoned.

Actually, the ships had been transferred to airdock for normal maintenance and overhauling and were scheduled to return to their positions in another two months.

As soon as they were sheeted home Bucephalas picked up speed and began to overhaul Endymion.

The Clockmaker had entered the final stages of an extensive overhaul of the two-train Neuchatel movement.

The trouble is, the only worlds with facilities to overhaul La Cucaracha are the big ones.

Had the course been along an open road, Gats and his crew would have overhauled their quarry within a quarter of a mile.

He could see at once that the optimistic estimate of the Hammers that he had made in church might have to be overhauled.

On the high seas a liburnian can spurt out of nowhere, overhaul a heavily laden merchantman, and grapple to it before defensive action can be taken.

I supervised a routine satlink overhaul that added an extra multiplexor linked to audiovid pickups I planted in several key locations, letting CID record from afar.

He has already retracted his shlong of his own accord, to give it an overhaul.