rehouse

«rehouse» in Mova's school dictionary: to give them a new home, usually because their old one is… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (rehouse, rehouses, rehoused, rehousing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To rehouse people is to give them a new home, usually because their old one is unsafe, destroyed or being knocked down. tree →

2) To rehouse an animal is to find it a new home. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the news and social studies it is about floods, fires and old flats being pulled down; councils rehouse families. Animal shelters rehouse pets. Phrases: «be rehoused», «rehouse families».

examples

• The families were rehoused after the flood. tree →
• The council will rehouse everyone from the old tower block. tree →
• The shelter rehoused 30 dogs last month. tree →
• After the fire they had to wait a week to be rehoused. tree →
• Volunteers helped rehouse the hedgehogs. tree →
• 12 families were rehoused, 4 in each new building. tree →

note

Mostly UK word; pronounce the s like z: «ree-HOWZ». Often passive: «they were rehoused». Not the same as «rehome», which is usually for pets, though rehouse can be used for both.

Trees and pragmatics

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