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Webster 1913 Edition
Rehash
Re-hash′
(r?-h?sh′)
, Verb.
T.
To hash over again; to prepare or use again;
as, to
. rehash
old argumentsRe-hash′
,Noun.
Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.
Definition 2024
rehash
rehash
English
Verb
rehash (third-person singular simple present rehashes, present participle rehashing, simple past and past participle rehashed)
- (transitive) To rework old material (physical material, ideas, documents etc), redo some work, with some variations.
- 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.
- (transitive, computing) To recompute the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.
Translations
to rework old material, redo some work, with some variations
Noun
rehash (plural rehashes)
- Something reworked, or made up from old materials.
- He wrote a bad rehash of an earlier essay.
- (computing) A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.