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reclaim

/ reclaim /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
"The people reclaimed the marshes"
Type of:
convert change over
Derived:
reclamation renewal rehabilitation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
of materials from waste products
Type of:
recycle reprocess reuse
Derived:
reclamation
Entails:
save preserve
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
claim back
Type of:
get acquire
Kinds of:
distrain foreclose
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
verb Sense 4
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"
Type of:
change alter modify
Kinds of:
moralize moralise
Derived:
correction rectification reclamation reformation reform
Verb group:
reform straighten out see the light
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 5
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
"He tames lions for the circus"
"reclaim falcons"
Type of:
change alter modify
Kinds of:
break in break
Derived:
tamer
Verb group:
domesticate tame
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
animal animate being beast
Semantic Complexity
73%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
36
Times Searched
2
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convert change over recycle reprocess reuse get acquire distrain foreclose change alter modify