Reclaim Common

Reclaim has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

The calling back of a hawk.

"The falconer whistled sharply to reclaim his soaring hawk before it flew too far over the pasture."

Verb

claim back

"After losing her keys, she spent an hour searching until she finally reclaimed them from the bottom of her bag."

reclaim repossess

reuse (materials from waste products)

"The factory workers are reclaiming plastic scraps from the production line to make new packaging materials."

reclaim recover

bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

"The Church reformed me"

"reform your conduct"

reform reclaim regenerate rectify

make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state

"The people reclaimed the marshes"

reclaim

overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

"He tames lions for the circus"

"reclaim falcons"

domesticate domesticize domesticise reclaim tame

To return land to a suitable condition for use.

"The community worked tirelessly to reclaim the flooded wetland by planting native grasses and removing invasive species."

Example Sentences

"The Church reformed me" verb

"reform your conduct" verb

"The people reclaimed the marshes" verb

"He tames lions for the circus" verb

"reclaim falcons" verb