rehab

[ ree-hab ]

/ ˈriˌhæb /

Informal.

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noun

rehabilitation, especially a program or facility for treating persons addicted to drugs or alcohol or recovering from certain medical conditions: He's been sober since coming out of rehab. She checked into rehab after suffering a stroke.

a rehabilitated building.

adjective

of or relating to rehabilitation: funds for new rehab projects in the city.

verb (used with object), re·habbed, re·hab·bing.

to rehabilitate.

Nearby words

regulus, regurgitant murmur, regurgitate, regurgitation, regurgitation jaundice, rehab, rehabilitant, rehabilitate, rehabilitation, rehabilitation department, rehash

Origin of rehab

by shortening

Related formsre·hab·ber, noun

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Examples from the Web for rehab

From 1992 and 2007, the number of middle-aged women who checked into rehab nearly tripled.
Elizabeth Peña and the Truth About Alcoholic Women|Gabrielle Glaser|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite the fact she apologized and went to rehab, she lost nearly all of her contracts.
Sex, Drugs, and Kate Moss: Secrets of a Wild Supermodel|Tom Sykes|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just shy of one year after checking out of a rehab facility, it seemed like Amanda Bynes was doing well.
The Amanda Bynes Train Wreck Is Back Again, Following a New DUI Arrest|Kevin Fallon|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before he played, his wife, Sharon contacted Simon and told him that her husband was recently out of rehab.
Inside London’s Wild Brixton Academy: How Gangsters and Kurt Cobain Made It London’s Top Music Venue|Tom Sykes|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I went to rehab in 2009, so that video is from sometime in April 2009.
Tom Sizemore’s Revenge: On Tom Cruise’s Scientology Recruitment, Drugs, and Craving a Comeback|Marlow Stern|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Rehab is the violin of Palestine, and in appearance almost suggests to European eyes a dustpan and brush.
Chatterbox, 1906|Various
The reported broadcast was, of course, an interception of the two-way talk from the Rehab Shop.
The Machine That Saved The World|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
The Rehab Shop was equipped not only to recondition machines but to test them.
The Machine That Saved The World|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
I had a rehab to finish, and I was the only one who understood how it had to be done.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom|Cory Doctorow
I let go of her hand and ran down an abbreviated version of the rehab plans, leaving out anything about Debra and her ad-hocs.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for rehab

rehab

/ (ˈriːhæb) /

noun

short for rehabilitation

treatment for drink or drug addiction

NZ informal short for Rehabilitation Department

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Word Origin and History for rehab

rehab

1948 as a shortening of rehabilitation (originally of service members returning from World War II). As a verb in reference to houses, by 1975, short for rehabilitate. Related: Rehabbed; rehabbing.

rehab

noun

adjective

verb (used with object), re·habbed, re·hab·bing.

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rehab

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rehab

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