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rehoming

rehoming is the present participle and gerund of rehome.

Meaning of rehome

Verb

rehome (third-person singular simple present rehomes, present participle rehoming, simple past and past participle rehomed)

  1. (transitive) To find a new home for (especially a pet).
    • The cat recovered after treatment by a vet and has now been rehomed.
  2. (transitive) To find a new family for (one or more adopted children) without using official adoption agencies.

Noun

rehoming (plural rehomings)

  1. The process of finding a new home for somebody.

Forms of rehoming

pluralrehomings

Questions about rehoming

What does rehoming mean?
Rehoming means the process of finding a new home for somebody.
What is rehoming the present participle and gerund of?
Rehoming is the present participle and gerund of rehome.
What part of speech is rehoming?
Rehoming is a noun.
What is the plural of rehoming?
The plural of rehoming is rehomings.

Words near rehoming in the dictionary

  1. rehome
  2. rehomed
  3. rehomer
  4. rehomers
  5. rehomes
  6. rehoming
  7. rehomings
  8. rehomogenise
  9. rehomogenised
  10. rehomogenization
  11. rehomogenizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rehoming (page history and authors); rehome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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