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# rehomed

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

«rehomed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (euphemism, everyday) of a pet: given away to new owners because the old owners could not or would not keep it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehomed/#m1)
2. of a person or thing: moved to a new home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehomed/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehomed/#x1)
- The shelter rehomed fifty dogs last month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehomed/#x2)
- "Biscuit has been rehomed to a farm," Mum said, and we never asked again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehomed/#x3)
- The rabbits need to be rehomed together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehomed/#x4)
- The charity rehomes ex-racing greyhounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehomed/#x5)
- A rehomed dog may be nervous at first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehomed/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rehomed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehomed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rehomed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rehomed.html) on Mova free.