Definitions for reclaim

Definitions for (verb) reclaim

Main entry: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, tame, reclaim

Definition: overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

Usage: He tames lions for the circus; reclaim falcons


Main entry: reclaim

Definition: make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state

Usage: The people reclaimed the marshes


Main entry: reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate

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

Usage: The Church reformed me; reform your conduct


Main entry: reclaim, recover

Definition: reuse (materials from waste products)


Main entry: reclaim, repossess

Definition: claim back


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