verb🔗ShareTo modernize, repair, renovate, or revise completely."The company is overhauling its website to make it more user-friendly. "businesstechnicalindustryworkmachinetechnologybuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo pass, overtake, or travel past."The faster runner was quickly overhauling the slower one in the last lap of the race. "vehicleactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs."Before lowering the heavy box from the loft, we spent several minutes carefully overhauling the rope, making sure it was untangled and ready to run smoothly. "nauticalsailingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo search (a ship) for contraband goods."The customs officers spent hours overhauling the cargo ship, searching for illegal drugs and weapons. "nauticalpolicesailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act by which something is overhauled."The overhauling of the school's computer lab will take place during summer vacation. "technicalmachineindustryprocessactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading