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rehash en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹiːˌhæʃ/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English hash English rehash From re- + hash.

Meanings

  1. Something reworked, or made up from old materials.
    • He wrote a bad rehash of an earlier essay.
  2. A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
re-hash alternative lexicographic
rehashes Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

réchauffé · vamp

Translations (5)

es refrito (something reworked, or made up from old materials) · de Aufbereitung (something reworked, or made up from old materials) · ru переформулировка (something reworked, or made up from old materials) · bg преработка (something reworked, or made up from old materials) · ga athabláil (something reworked, or made up from old materials)

rehash en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɹiːˈhæʃ/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English hash English rehash From re- + hash.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To hash (chop food into small pieces) again.
    • I never did care for Sunday joint that was served up cold on Monday, hashed on Tuesday, rissoled on Wednesday, and re-hashed on Thursday[.] 1942 July 1, The Newcastle and Maitland Catholic Sentinel, Newcastle, NSW, page 224, column 2:
  2. (transitive) To repeat with minor variation.
    • The general rehashed plans for the war.
    • Today's parliamentary session only rehashed last week's arguments.
    • The CEO of the company only rehashed a speech for the news conference.
  3. (transitive) To analyze a prior contentious or embarrassing event.
    • Let's not rehash what we did last night.
  4. (transitive) To recompute the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.

Forms

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re-hash alternative lexicographic
rehashing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rehashed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rehashed Tense=Past lexicographic
rehashes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

rehashable · rehasher

Translations (12)

es rehacer (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · de verwursten (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · de mehr oder minder wiederholen (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · pl odgrzewać (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · pt refazer (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · es refreír (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · pt recauchutar (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · es refundir (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · de wiederaufwärmen (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · fr ressasser (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · bg преработвам (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations) · ru переформулировать (to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations)