different between overhaul vs overhale

English

Etymology

over- +? haul.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • (noun): enPR: ??v?-hôl', IPA^(key): /???v??h??l/
  • (verb): enPR: ?'v?-hôl?, IPA^(key): /???v??h??l/
• (General American)
  • (noun): enPR: ??v?r-hôl', IPA^(key): /?o?v??h?l/
  • (verb): enPR: ?'v?r-hôl?, IPA^(key): /?o?v??h?l/
• (Canada)
  • (noun): enPR: ??v?r-hôl', IPA^(key): /?o?v??h?l/
  • (verb): enPR: ?'v?r-hôl?, IPA^(key): /?o?v??h?l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

overhaul (plural overhauls)

1. A major repair, remake, renovation, or revision.
2. (firefighting) The process after the fire appears extinguished in which the firefighters search the structure for signs of hot spots that may cause the structure to reignite. Often this includes the process of salvage under the blanket term, salvage and overhaul.

Translations

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.
   • 2011, Kat Martin, A Song for My Mother, Vanguard Press, ?ISBN, 200:

     In his senior year, he had run across an old '66 Chevy Super Sport headed for the junkyard, bought it for a song, and overhauled it with his dad's help, turning it into the big red muscle car it was back in its day.

   • 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:

     Although they believe they can overhaul their 2-0 deficit, they cannot afford to be as lethargic as this at Camp Nou, and the time is surely approaching when Manuel Pellegrini's faith in Martín Demichelis wavers.

2. To pass, overtake, or travel past.
   • 1967, William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, Logan's Run, May 1976 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, 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.

3. (nautical) To keep (running rigging) clear, and see that no hitch occurs.
4. (transitive) To search (a ship) for contraband goods.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English overhalen, equivalent to over- +? hale. Cognate with Dutch overhalen, Danish overhale, Swedish överhala.

Verb

overhale (third-person singular simple present overhales, present participle overhaling, simple past and past participle overhaled)

1. (transitive) To draw or haul over; overhaul.
2. (transitive) To overcome.

Anagrams

• heal over, overheal

Dutch

Verb

overhale

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of overhalen (when using a subclause)

Anagrams

• hale over

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Dutch overhalen and English overhaul

Verb

overhale (imperative overhal, present tense overhaler, passive overhales, simple past overhala or overhalet or overhalte, past participle overhala or overhalet or overhalt, present participle overhalende)

1. to overhaul (repair, renovate)

References

• “overhale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.