noun
Meaning 1
Something reworked, or made up from old materials.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He wrote a bad rehash of an earlier essay.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vamp
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rehash
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noun
Meaning 2
A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To hash (chop food into small pieces) again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To repeat with minor variation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Today's parliamentary session only rehashed last week's arguments.
- The CEO of the company only rehashed a speech for the news conference.
- The general rehashed plans for the war.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To analyze a prior contentious or embarrassing event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Let's not rehash what we did last night.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To recompute the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
old material that is slightly reworked and used again
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- merely a dull rehash of his first novel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: material
verb
Meaning 8
go back over
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- retrograde arguments
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: retrograde, hash over
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recapitulate, recap
verb
Meaning 9
present or use over, with no or few changes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: recycle, reprocess, reuse
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: преработка (prerabotka) — something reworked, or made up from old materials
- German: Aufbereitung — something reworked, or made up from old materials
- Irish: athabláil — something reworked, or made up from old materials
- Russian: переформулировка (pereformulirovka) — something reworked, or made up from old materials
- Spanish: refrito — something reworked, or made up from old materials
- Bulgarian: преработвам (prerabotvam) — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- French: ressasser — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- German: mehr oder minder wiederholen — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- German: wiederaufwärmen — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- German: verwursten — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- Polish: odgrzewać — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- Portuguese: refazer — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- Portuguese: recauchutar — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- Russian: переформулировать (pereformulirovatʹ) — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- Spanish: rehacer — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- Spanish: refundir — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
- Spanish: refreír — to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations