(~ed)
1.
If a piece of equipment is ~ed, it is cleaned, checked thoroughly, and repaired if necessary.
They had ensured the plumbing was ~ed a year ago...
Our car was towed away to have its suspension ~ed.
= service
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, have n V-ed
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Overhaul is also a noun.
...the ~ of aero engines.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ a system or method, you examine it carefully and make many changes in it in order to improve it.
The government said it wanted to ~ the employment training scheme to make it cost effective...
VERB: V n
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Overhaul is also a noun.
The study says there must be a complete ~ of air traffic control systems.
N-COUNT: usu N of n