Meaning & Definition of Reclaim in English
English⟶
Reclaim
/riklem/
verb
1. Claim back
synonym:
- reclaim,
- repossess
2. Reuse (materials from waste products)
synonym:
- reclaim,
- recover
3. 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"
synonym:
- reform,
- reclaim,
- regenerate,
- rectify
4. Make useful again
- Transform from a useless or uncultivated state
- "The people reclaimed the marshes"
synonym:
- reclaim
5. Overcome the wildness of
- Make docile and tractable
- "He tames lions for the circus"
- "Reclaim falcons"
synonym:
- domesticate,
- domesticize,
- domesticise,
- reclaim,
- tame