rehomed

«rehomed» in Mova's school dictionary: of a pet: given away to new owners because the old owners… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past form of rehome: rehome, rehomes, rehomed, rehoming); adjective (a rehomed dog)

meaning for a pupil

1) (euphemism, everyday) of a pet: given away to new owners because the old owners could not or would not keep it. tree →

2) of a person or thing: moved to a new home. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used by pet owners, shelters and parents to make giving a pet away sound caring; everyday, all regions, especially UK. Sometimes parents use it to hide that a pet died or was put down.

examples

• Our old cat was rehomed when we moved to a flat. tree →
• The shelter rehomed fifty dogs last month. tree →
• "Biscuit has been rehomed to a farm," Mum said, and we never asked again. tree →
• The rabbits need to be rehomed together. tree →
• The charity rehomes ex-racing greyhounds. tree →
• A rehomed dog may be nervous at first. tree →

note

Not the same as "adopted", though close. Children's trap: "sent to live on a farm" is sometimes a story told instead of saying a pet died. In maths, rehomed animals are often taken away from a total.

In the corpora

• "Rehomed" means a pet was given away to new owners.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rehomed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.