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- pronunciation:
- ri
kleIm
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
reclaims, reclaiming, reclaimed |
| definition 1: |
to recover the use of (land areas) that can be drained, built up, or otherwise reconditioned.
These lands have been reclaimed from the desert and are now capable of growing crops.- synonyms:
- recover, reform, rehabilitate
- similar words:
- process, recondition, recover, recycle, redeem, regenerate, rescue, restore, retrieve, salvage, save
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| definition 2: |
to recover and reuse (materials and substances) by separating them out of discarded waste.
The wood for the interior of the house has been reclaimed from an old barn.- similar words:
- recover
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| definition 3: |
to reform; rehabilitate.
They did their best to reclaim him but he had been too corrupted.- similar words:
- retrieve
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| definition 4: |
to claim again or to reestablish title to or possession of; variant of re-claim.
The island had been seized by invaders a hundred years earlier but was reclaimed after the recent war. |
| related words: |
regain, rehabilitate, retire, retrieve, salvage |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
the act or process of reclaiming.
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| derivations: |
reclaimable (adj.), reclaimant (n.) |
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