 reclaim |
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| 1. | [ verb ] claim back | |
| Synonyms: | repossess | |
| Related terms: | get foreclose distrain | |
| 2. | [ verb ] of materials from waste products | |
| Synonyms: | recover | |
| Related terms: | recycle save preserve | |
| 3. | [ verb ] overcome the wildness of (an animal); make docile and tractable | |
| Synonyms: | domesticize domesticise tame domesticate | |
| Examples: | "He tames lions for the circus" |
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| Related terms: | change tame break_in animal domesticate | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (religion) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | |
| Synonyms: | regenerate rectify reform | |
| Examples: | "The Church reformed me" "reform your conduct" |
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| Related terms: | change convert moralise reform reform reformer reclamation | |
| 5. | [ verb ] make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state | |
| Examples: | "The people reclaimed the marshes" |
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| Related terms: | convert reclamation | |
| Similar spelling: |
reclaimed Reichling recline recliner reclining |
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