different between uplift vs overhaul

English

Etymology

up- +? lift

Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: ?pl?ft?, IPA^(key): /?p?l?ft/
• (adjective, noun) enPR: ?p?l?ft, IPA^(key): /??pl?ft/

Verb

uplift (third-person singular simple present uplifts, present participle uplifting, simple past and past participle uplifted)

1. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
2. (law, of a penalty) To aggravate; to increase.
3. (aviation, travel) To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
4. (New Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.

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Noun

uplift (plural uplifts)

1. The act or result of being uplifted.
2. (geology) A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building.
   • 1971, George Finiel Adams, Jerome Wyckoff, Landforms (page 143)

     Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.

3. (colloquial) A brassiere that raises the breasts.

See also

• improvement

Translations

Anagrams

• lift up, liftup, pitful

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.

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