rehab
/ˈɹiːhæb/
rehab noun: rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
Noun
rehab (countable and uncountable, plural rehabs)
- Rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
- go into rehab
- They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said, "No, no, no"2006, Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, “Rehab”, in Back to Black, performed by Amy Winehouse
- An institution for rehabilitation.
- The assimilationists would have you believe that there is no lesbian or gay underclass, white or of color. That the junkies, crackheads and rummies in the drunk-tanks and welfare rehabs are all straight. Our addicts all have ample checkbooks, the best insurance their professions can buy, and...1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 5
- A brief period of time spent away from the fire by a firefighter at a fire scene, for purposes of recuperation.
Verb
rehab (third-person singular simple present rehabs, present participle rehabbing, simple past and past participle rehabbed)
- To rehabilitate.
rehab meaning in Bengali
rehab in Bengali
- পুনর্বাসন
Examples of rehab in a sentence
- She finally came to terms with her addictions at her third rehab clinic and rarely drank again.
- She went into rehab tore up but cleaned up quite nicely before her departure.
- This is worse than when Kate Moss was scapegoated into rehab.
Forms of rehab
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rehabs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rehabs |
| present participle | rehabbing |
| past participle | rehabbed |
| past | rehabbed |
Origin of rehab
Clipping of rehabilitation.
Words formed from rehab
Phrases with rehab
Questions about rehab
- What does rehab mean?
- Rehab means rehabilitation, especially to treat the use of recreational drugs.
- What is rehab in Bengali?
- Rehab in Bengali is পুনর্বাসন. See Rehab meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is rehab?
- Rehab can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce rehab?
- Rehab is pronounced /ˈɹiːhæb/.
- What is the plural of rehab?
- The plural of rehab is rehabs.
Words near rehab in the dictionary
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