REHOME Definition & Meaning

rehome

[ ree-hohm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to transfer (an animal or child) to the care of a new family in a different home: Shockingly, no federal law prohibits adoptive parents from rehoming their adopted children through a simple power of attorney.
When our cat had kittens, we kept only the little runt, and rehomed the others.
Shockingly, no federal law prohibits adoptive parents from rehoming their adopted children through a simple power of attorney.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of rehome¹

First recorded in 1855–60; re- ( def ) + home ( def )

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"The goal is we keep the dogs in the homes with their families. We don't want to have to rehome animals who have families who love them."

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Sean Lowe, who was attacked last week by his rescue boxer Moose, had to rehome another rescue dog a few years ago after it chomped on one of his children.

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"There's no way they can rehome all of the children in this school, 40 or more of them with special educational needs, for less than a million pounds in the next three years," he said.

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Campaigners and the zoo's managers have been locked in disagreement about what should happen to the orca whales with the French government already blocking one proposal to rehome them.

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A key task now is to rehome the estimated 2,900 racing greyhounds that remain in the country.

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