recycle
to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees.
to alter or adapt for new use without changing the essential form or nature of: The old factory is being recycled as a theater.
to use again in the original form or with minimal alteration: The governor recycled some speeches from his early days.
to cause to pass through a cycle again: to recycle laundry through a washing machine.
to pass through a cycle again; repeat a process from the beginning.
to undergo reuse or renewal; be subject to or suitable for further use, activity, etc.: The industry will recycle and become profitable once more.
the act or process of recycling.
Origin of recycle
1Other words from recycle
- re·cy·cla·ble, adjective
- re·cy·cla·bil·i·ty, noun
- re·cy·cler, re·cy·clist, noun
- non·re·cy·cla·ble, adjective
- un·re·cy·cled, adjective
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How to use recycle in a sentence
The body should go pick up that can and carry it home to the recycle bin.
This Is How Your Brain Walks the Dog—a Dialogue - Facts So Romantic | Jim Davies | March 10, 2021 | NautilusI mean, look, don’t put your turkey carcass in the recycle bin.
Jim Fish, CEO of Waste Management, on How the Pandemic Changed Garbage | Eben Shapiro | November 15, 2020 | TimeMost of us who recycle, we honestly are trying to put what’s recyclable in the recycle bin.
Jim Fish, CEO of Waste Management, on How the Pandemic Changed Garbage | Eben Shapiro | November 15, 2020 | TimeWe’ve also taken it upon ourselves to change the technology at our recycle plants.
Jim Fish, CEO of Waste Management, on How the Pandemic Changed Garbage | Eben Shapiro | November 15, 2020 | TimeWhat happens with this stuff that ultimately is not recyclable, it comes into a recycle plant, is it goes into this kind of contamination pile.
Jim Fish, CEO of Waste Management, on How the Pandemic Changed Garbage | Eben Shapiro | November 15, 2020 | Time
But in the end, White's music doesn't just recycle these tropes—it transcends them.
Meanwhile, Keira Knightley was not the first to recycle her dress.
Here Comes the Bride…In Flaming Red: Two Centuries of Colorful Wedding Dresses | Liza Foreman | May 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey feature custom wallpaper, system sounds, and desktop icons for My Computer, recycle Bin, and Network Neighborhood.
Homestar Runner, Trogdor the Burninator, and the Birth of the Internet | Rich Goldstein | April 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are about 30 billion in the world, and it is inefficient to recycle them.
Wood Cards Are a Green Alternative to the Classic Plastic Gift Card | Daniel Gross | November 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe EPA has a module on its site to help consumers donate or recycle their old devices.
ecoATM offers consumers a new way to sell used cell phones and electronic devices | Sarah Langs | September 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe effort to recycle (art or literature) is part of the same co-writing strategy.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
British Dictionary definitions for recycle
/ (riːˈsaɪkəl) /
to pass (a substance) through a system again for further treatment or use
to reclaim (packaging or products with a limited useful life) for further use
to institute a different cycle of processes or events in (a machine, system, etc)
to repeat (a series of operations)
the repetition of a fixed sequence of events
Derived forms of recycle
- recyclable or recycleable, adjective, noun
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