The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overhaul \O`ver*haul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overhauled; p. pr. & vb. n. Overhauling.]
To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.
(Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.
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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 \O"ver*haul`\, Overhauling \O`ver*haul"ing\, n.
A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs.
A major repair or a revision for the purpose of improvement.
Wiktionary
n. The act by which something is overhauled. vb. (present participle of overhaul English)
Usage examples of "overhauling".
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.
Using partners and vendors not only allows big pharma to fill in the gaps in its bioinformatics capabilities but also gives it the mobility to adapt new technologies as they come onto the market rather than constantly overhauling its own systems.
With them gone, there would be nothing to prevent the other attack forces' new, fast battlecruisers from overhauling and smashing his wounded ships on their long road home.
So much of the time of the Beachcomber is spent sweeping with hopeful eyes the breadths of the empty sea, policing the uproarious beaches, overhauling the hordes of roguish reefs, and the medley concealed in cosy caves by waves that storm at the bare mention of the rights of private property, that he cannot avoid casual acquaintance with the scores of animated things which ceaselessly woo him from the pursuit of his calling.
He went with long strides toward the Brackenridge tomb—there was no chance of overhauling the station wagon—which was a block-shaped mass of dark stone interlaced with white marble.
A hundred meters away, a small crew was overhauling a sonic pulverizer cannon.
Yet one of the very first matters he attended to was the overhauling of the revolvers, which had been rescued out of the melee of the battle and been given to the patriarch, who had kept them with a kind of religious devotion.
At three minutes, more than ten million kilometers from launch and with a terminal velocity of just over ninety-three thousand KPS, its impeller drive burned out and it went ballistic, overhauling its target on momentum alone.
At three minutes, more than ten million kilometers from launch and with a terminal velocity of just over ninetythree thousand KPS, its impeller drive burned out and it went ballistic, overhauling its target on momentum alone.