overhaul as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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overhaul
noun
1 overhaul
Periodic maintenance on a car or machine:
— It was time for an overhaul on the tractor.
synonyms: inspection and repair, service.
Dutch: controlebeurt, onderhoudsbeurt, servicebeurt
Polish: przegląd techniczny
2 overhaul
The act of improving by renewing and restoring:
— A major overhaul of the healthcare system was proposed.
synonyms: redevelopment, renovation.
Dutch: herontwikkeling, renovatie, stadsvernieuwing
Polish: remont, remontowanie
verb
1 overhaul
Travel past.
synonyms: overtake, pass.
Roget 461:
make inquiry
etc.
n.;
inquire,
ask,
seek,
search.
look for,
look about for,
look out for;
scan,
reconnoiter,
explore,
sound,
rummage,
ransack,
pry,
peer,
look round;
look over,
go over,
look through,
go through;
spy,
overhaul.
[object is a topic]
ask about,
inquire about.
scratch the head,
slap the forehead.
look into every hole and corner,
peer into every hole and corner,
pry into every hole and corner;
nose;
trace up;
search out,
hunt down,
hunt out,
fish out,
ferret out;
unearth;
leave no stone unturned.
seek a clue,
seek a clew;
hunt,
track,
trail,
mouse,
dodge,
trace;
follow the trail,
follow the scent;
pursue
etc.
662;
beat up one's quarters;
fish for;
feel for
etc.
(experiment)
463.
investigate;
take up an inquiry,
institute an inquiry,
pursue an inquiry,
follow up an inquiry,
conduct an inquiry,
carry on an inquiry,
carry out an inquiry,
prosecute an inquiry
etc.
n.;
look at,
look into;
preexamine;
discuss,
canvass,
agitate.
[inquire into a topic]
examine,
study,
consider,
calculate;
dip into,
dive into,
delve into,
go deep into;
make sure of,
probe,
sound,
fathom;
probe to the bottom,
probe to the quick;
scrutinize,
analyze,
anatomize,
dissect,
parse,
resolve,
sift,
winnow;
view in all its phases,
try in all its phases;
thresh out.
bring in question,
bring into question,
subject to examination;
put to the proof
etc.
(experiment)
463;
audit,
tax,
pass in review;
take into consideration
etc.
(think over)
451;
take counsel
etc.
695.
question,
demand;
put the question,
pop the question,
propose the question,
propound the question,
moot the question,
start the question,
raise the question,
stir the question,
suggest the question,
put forth the question,
ventilate the question,
grapple with the question,
go into a question.
[human object],
question,
put to the question,
interrogate,
pump;
subject to interrogation,
subject to examination;
cross-question,
cross-examine;
press for an answer;
give the third degree;
put to the inquisition;
dodge†.
catechize.
require an answer;
pick the brains of,
suck the brains of;
feel the pulse.
get the lay of the land;
see how the wind is blowing;
put one's ear to the ground.
be in question
etc.
adj.;
undergo examination.
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Roget 932:
disapprove;
dislike
etc.
867;
lament
etc.
839;
object to,
take exception to;
be scandalized at,
think ill of;
view with disfavor,
view with dark eyes,
view with jaundiced eyes;
nil admirari [Lat.],
disvalue†;
improbate†.
frown upon,
look grave;
bend the brows,
knit the brows;
shake the head at,
shrug the shoulders;
turn up the nose
etc.
(contempt)
930;
look askance,
look black upon;
look with an evil eye;
make a wry face,
make a wry mouth at;
set one's face against.
dispraise,
discommend†,
disparage;
deprecate,
speak ill of,
not speak well of;
condemn
etc.
(find guilty)
971.
blame;
lay blame upon,
cast blame upon;
censure,
fronder [Fr.],
reproach,
pass censure on,
reprobate,
impugn.
remonstrate,
expostulate,
recriminate.
reprehend,
chide,
admonish;
berate,
betongue†;
bring to account,
call to account,
call over the coals,
rake over the coals,
call to order;
take to task,
reprove,
lecture,
bring to book;
read a lesson,
read a lecture to;
rebuke,
correct.
reprimand,
chastise,
castigate,
lash,
blow up,
trounce,
trim,
laver la tete [Fr.],
overhaul;
give it one,
give it one finely;
gibbet.
accuse
etc.
938;
impeach,
denounce;
hold up to reprobation,
hold up to execration;
expose,
brand,
gibbet,
stigmatize;
show up,
pull up,
take up;
cry 'shame' upon;"
be outspoken;
raise a hue and cry against.
execrate
etc.
908;
exprobate†,
speak daggers,
vituperate;
abuse,
abuse like a pickpocket;
scold,
rate,
objurgate,
upbraid,
fall foul of;
jaw;
rail,
rail at,
rail in good set terms;
bark at;
anathematize,
call names;
call by hard names,
call by ugly names;
avile†,
revile;
vilify,
vilipend†;
bespatter;
backbite;
clapperclaw†;
rave against,
thunder against,
fulminate against;
load with reproaches.
exclaim against,
protest against,
inveigh against,
declaim against,
cry out against,
raise one's voice against.
decry;
cry down,
run down,
frown down;
clamor,
hiss,
hoot,
mob,
ostracize,
blacklist;
draw up a round robin,
sign a round robin.
animadvert upon,
reflect upon;
glance at;
cast reflection,
cast reproach,
cast a slur upon;
insinuate,
damn with faint praise;
hint a fault and hesitate dislike;"
not to be able to say much for.
scoff at,
point at;
twit,
taunt
etc.
(disrespect)
929;
sneer at
etc.
(despise)
230;
satirize,
lampoon;
defame
etc.
(detract)
934;
depreciate,
find fault with,
criticize,
cut up;
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces;
take exception;
cavil;
peck at,
nibble at,
carp at;
be censorious
etc.
adj.;
pick holes,
pick a hole,
pick a hole in one's coat;
make a fuss about.
take down,
take down a peg,
set down;
snub,
snap one up,
give a rap on the knuckles;
throw a stone at,
throw a stone in one's garden;
have a fling,
have a snap at;
have words with,
pluck a crow with;
give one a wipe,
give one a lick with the rough side of the give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue.
incur blame,
excite disapprobation,
scandalize,
shock,
revolt;
get a bad name,
forfeit one's good opinion,
be under a cloud,
come under the ferule,
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
take blame,
stand corrected;
have to answer for.
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Roget 85:
number,
count,
tally,
tell;
call over,
run over;
take an account of,
enumerate,
muster,
poll,
recite,
recapitulate;
sum;
sum up,
cast up;
tell off,
score,
cipher,
compute,
calculate,
suppute†,
add,
subtract,
multiply,
divide,
extract roots.
algebraize†.
check,
prove,
demonstrate,
balance,
audit,
overhaul,
take stock;
affix numbers to,
page.
amount to,
add up to,
come to.
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Roget 457:
be attentive
etc.
adj.;
attend,
advert to,
observe,
look,
see,
view,
remark,
notice,
regard,
take notice,
mark;
give attention to,
pay attention to,
pay heed to,
give heed to;
incline an ear to,
lend an ear to;
trouble one's head about;
give a thought to,
animadvert to;
occupy oneself with;
contemplate
etc.
(think of)
451;
look at,
look to,
look after,
look into,
look over;
see to;
turn the mind to,
bend the mind to,
apply the mind to,
direct the mind to,
give the mind to,
turn the eye to,
bend the eye to,
apply the eye to,
direct the eye to,
give the eye to,
turn the attention to,
bend the attention to,
apply the attention to,
direct the attention to,
give the attention to;
have an eye to,
have in one's eye;
bear in mind;
take into account,
take into consideration;
keep in sight,
keep in view;
have regard to,
heed,
mind,
take cognizance of entertain,
recognize;
make note of,
take note of;
note.
examine cursorily;
glance at,
glance upon,
glance over;
cast the eyes over,
pass the eyes over;
run over,
turn over the leaves,
dip into,
perstringe†;
skim
etc.
(neglect)
460;
take a cursory view of.
examine,
examine closely,
examine intently;
scan,
scrutinize,
consider;
give one's mind to,
bend one's mind to;
overhaul,
revise,
pore over;
inspect,
review,
pass under review;
take stock of;
fix the eye on,
rivet attention on,
fix attention on,
devote the eye to,
fix the mind on,
devote the thoughts to;
hear out,
think out;
mind one's business.
revert to;
watch
etc.
(expect)
507,
(take care of)
459;
hearken to,
listen to;
prick up the ears;
have the eyes open,
keep the eyes open;
come to the point.
meet with attention;
fall under one's notice,
fall under one's observation;
be under consideration
etc.
(topic)
454.
catch the eye,
strike the eye;
attract notice;
catch the attention,
awaken the attention,
wake the attention,
invite the attention,
solicit the attention,
attract the attention,
claim the attention excite the attention,
engage the attention,
occupy the attention,
strike the attention,
arrest the attention,
fix the attention,
engross the attention,
absorb the attention,
rivet the attention,
catch the mind,
awaken the mind,
wake the mind,
invite the mind,
solicit the mind,
attract the mind,
claim the mind excite the mind,
engage the mind,
occupy the mind,
strike the mind,
arrest the mind,
fix the mind,
engross the mind,
absorb the mind,
rivet the mind,
catch the thoughts,
awaken the thoughts,
wake the thoughts,
invite the thoughts,
solicit the thoughts,
attract the thoughts,
claim the thoughts excite the thoughts,
engage the thoughts,
occupy the thoughts,
strike the thoughts,
arrest the thoughts,
fix the thoughts,
engross the thoughts,
absorb the thoughts,
rivet the thoughts;
be present to the mind,
be uppermost in the mind.
bring under one's notice;
point out,
point to,
point at,
point the finger at;
lay the finger on,
indigitate†,
indicate;
direct attention to,
call attention to;
show;
put a mark upon
etc.
(sign)
550;
call soldiers to 'attention';"
bring forward
etc.
(make manifest)
525.
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Dutch: moderniseren, inhalen, renoveren
2 overhaul
Make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to:
— You should overhaul your car engine.
— Overhaul the health care system.
synonyms: modernise, modernize.
Dutch: moderniseren
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