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Overhaul

To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs.

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Broader term 7

Advance 76% connected

To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Care 76% connected

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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Improvement 76% connected

The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in desirable qualities; progress toward what is better; melioration; as, the improvement of th…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Maintenance 76% connected

The act of maintaining; sustenance; support; defense; vindication.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Progress 76% connected

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Regenerate 76% connected

Reproduced.

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Renew 76% connected

To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Clear 76% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Passage 74% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Passage 74% connected

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man o…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Renovate 74% connected

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Renovate 74% connected

To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 6

Bushel 72% connected

A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Doctor 72% connected

A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.

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Fix 72% connected

Fixed; solidified.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mend 72% connected

To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repair 72% connected

To return.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restore 72% connected

To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Modernize 92% connected

To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Overtake 92% connected

To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pass 92% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Renovation 92% connected

The act or process of renovating; the state of being renovated or renewed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Service 92% connected

Alt. of Service

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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