reclaim
to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.
to recover (substances) in a pure or usable form from refuse, discarded articles, etc.
to bring back to a preferable manner of living, sound principles, ideas, etc.
to tame.
to protest; object.
reclamation: beyond reclaim.
Origin of reclaim
1synonym study For reclaim
Other words for reclaim
Other words from reclaim
- re·claim·a·ble, adjective
- re·claim·er, noun
- non·re·claim·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·claim·a·ble, adjective
Words that may be confused with reclaim
- re-claim, reclaim
Other definitions for re-claim (2 of 2)
to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
to claim again.
Origin of re-claim
2- Also reclaim.
Words that may be confused with re-claim
- re-claim , reclaim
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How to use reclaim in a sentence
He was anxious to re-claim acquaintance, but though civil she was not effusive.
Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life | Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey
British Dictionary definitions for reclaim
/ (rɪˈkleɪm) /
to claim back: to reclaim baggage
to convert (desert, marsh, waste ground, etc) into land suitable for growing crops
to recover (useful substances) from waste products
to convert (someone) from sin, folly, vice, etc
falconry to render (a hawk or falcon) tame
the act of reclaiming or state of being reclaimed
Origin of reclaim
1Derived forms of reclaim
- reclaimable, adjective
- reclaimant or reclaimer, noun
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