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UK
/ɹɪklˈeɪm/
]
[ US /ɹiˈkɫeɪm/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈkɫeɪm/ ]
VERB
- claim back
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make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
The people reclaimed the marshes - reuse (materials from waste products)
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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 -
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
He tames lions for the circus
reclaim falcons
How To Use reclaim In A Sentence
- It's all too easy for me to "pass" and let society define me as merely "kind of Jewish looking"; but I think I should begin to reclaim my heritage while my gran is still alive. I hope when the end comes it is painless
- Their devotion, if extreme, is driven by one goal to reclaim their neighbourhood.
- What powers can it realistically reclaim having surrendered control of the club structure in 1992? Times, Sunday Times
- Their EcoVeil shadecloth is the first Cradle to Cradle shadecloth that can be reclaimable and recyclable. GreenBuildingTalk: Furniture, Flooring, and More at NEOCON ‘08
- Now fully recovered, she wanted to reclaim her body and lose some of the weight she had gained as a result of all the medication.
- Rather than supporting businesses that seek to reclaim brownfield land, however, many cities have in place archaic laws full of clauses and subclauses that add further time and cost to a project.
- The wooden frame is constructed from reclaimed floorboards. Times, Sunday Times
- To reclaim your disk memory, you need to clean up these unnecessary and unwanted files.
- Mr Wilshaw promotes the idea of replacement of the damaged stones with reclaimed ashlars.
- They are convicted and must, if the US people are to reclaim their until now unchallenged position as torch-bearers for a better world, be booted out of office at the earliest opportunity.
