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# rehouse

verb (rehouse, rehouses, rehoused, rehousing)

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

## Everyday

1. To rehouse people is to give them a new home, usually because their old one is unsafe, destroyed or being knocked down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehouse/#m1)
2. To rehouse an animal is to find it a new home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehouse/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehouse/#x1)
- The council will rehouse everyone from the old tower block. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehouse/#x2)
- The shelter rehoused 30 dogs last month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehouse/#x3)
- After the fire they had to wait a week to be rehoused. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehouse/#x4)
- Volunteers helped rehouse the hedgehogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehouse/#x5)
- 12 families were rehoused, 4 in each new building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rehouse/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

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