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REHASH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old material that is slightly reworked and used again

Example:

merely a dull rehash of his first novel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("rehash" is a kind of...):

material (information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form)

Derivation:

rehash (go back over)

rehash (present or use over, with no or few changes)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go back over

Example:

retrograde arguments

Synonyms:

hash over; rehash; retrograde

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "rehash" is one way to...):

recap; recapitulate (summarize briefly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rehash (old material that is slightly reworked and used again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Present or use over, with no or few changes

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "rehash" is one way to...):

recycle; reprocess; reuse (use again after processing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rehash (old material that is slightly reworked and used again)

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