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[ ree -hab ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈriˌhæb / PHONETIC RESPELLING
Informal .SEE SYNONYMS FOR rehab ON THESAURUS.COM
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. Origin of rehab By shortening
OTHER WORDS FROM rehab rehabber, noun Words nearby rehab regulus, regurgitant murmur, regurgitate, regurgitation, regurgitation jaundice, rehab , rehabilitant, rehabilitate, rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Department, rehash
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Example sentences 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.
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
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British Dictionary definitions for rehab noun short for rehabilitation
treatment for drink or drug addiction
NZ informal short for Rehabilitation Department
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Words related to rehab regimen, therapy, rehabilitation, analysis, care, cure, diet, healing, medication, medicine, operation, prescription, remedy, surgery, doctoring, hospitalization, therapeutics
Medical definitions for rehab The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.