overhaul

English

Etymology

From over + haul.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈəʊ.və.hɔːl/, SAMPA: /"@U.v@.hO:l/
• (US) IPA: /ˈoʊ.vɚ.hɔːl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophone: overall

Noun

overhaul (plural overhauls)

1. A major repair, remake, renovation, or revision.

   The engine required a complete overhaul to run properly.

Translations

a major repair, remake, renovation, or revision

Czech: renovace (cs) f., předělání (cs) n., přepracování (cs) n., pročištění (cs) n. Dutch: opknapbeurt f., onderhoud n., herziening f. Finnish: huolto, korjaus, kunnostus German: Überholung f., Aufarbeitung f., Grundinstandsetzung f., gründliche Überprüfung f., Revision f.

Norwegian: Bokmål: overhaling (nb) m. and f. Nynorsk: overhaling (nn) f. Polish: remont generalny m. Portuguese: reestruturação (pt) f. Russian: капитальный ремонт (ru) (kapitál'nyj remónt) m.

Verb

overhaul (third-person singular simple present overhauls, present participle overhauling, simple past and past participle overhauled)

1. To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely.
2. To pass, overtake, or travel past.
   • 1967, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, May 1976 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553025171, page 109:

     In theory there was a runner ahead of him who would pause to sleep. Who would falter and fall. Who would despair at the size of the desert. Because Logan did none of these he would overhaul the runner and kill him.

Translations

To modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely

Czech: provést generální opravu (cs) Dutch: opknappen (nl), herstellen (nl), renoveren (nl), moderniseren (nl) Finnish: huoltaa (fi), kunnostaa (fi) Norwegian: overhale (no)

Polish: remontować (pl) Russian: ремонтировать (ru) (remontírovat')

To pass, overtake, or travel past

Dutch: inhalen (nl) Finnish: ohittaa (fi)

German: überholen (de) Polish: wyprzedzić (pl)