reclaim

  • 21reclaim — re|claim [ rı kleım ] verb transitive 1. ) to get something back that someone has taken from you: His ambition is to reclaim the world championship title. a ) to ask for an amount of money that you have paid to be given back to you: Have you… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22reclaim — re•claim [[t]rɪˈkleɪm[/t]] v. t. 1) to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use 2) to recover (substances) in a pure or usable form from refuse, discarded articles, etc 3) to bring back to a more… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 23reclaim — 1. verb /ɹɪˈkleɪm,ɹiːˈkleɪm,ˈɹiːkleɪm/ a) To return land to a suitable condition for use. b) To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle. 2 …

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  • 24reclaim — (entrée créée par le supplément) (re klin) s. m. Amende foraine ou de reclaim, amende frappant le débiteur retardataire qui se laissait exécuter en vertu de commission du juge, BOISLISLE, Corresp. contrôl. génér. Paris, 1874, p. 155. ÉTYMOLOGIE… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 25reclaim — verb (T) 1 to officially ask for something to be given back to you: You may be entitled to reclaim some tax. 2 to make an area of desert, marsh (=wet land), etc suitable for farming or building 3 to obtain useful products from waste material:… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26reclaim — [rɪˈkleɪm] verb [T] 1) to get something back that someone has taken from you He wants to reclaim the world championship title.[/ex] 2) to improve an area of land so that it can be used reclamation [ˌrekləˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 27reclaim — regeneratas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Pakartotinei vulkanizacijai paruošta sena guma. atitikmenys: angl. reclaim; reclaimed rubber rus. регенерат …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 28reclaim — To claim or demand back; to ask for the return or restoration of a thing; to insist upon one s right to recover that which was one s own, but was parted with conditionally or mistakenly; as, to reclaim goods which were obtained from one under… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 29reclaim — v. & n. v.tr. 1 seek the return of (one s property). 2 claim in return or as a rebate etc. 3 bring under cultivation, esp. from a state of being under water. 4 a win back or away from vice or error or a waste condition; reform. b tame, civilize.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 30Reclaim the Streets — (RTS) is a collective with a shared ideal of community ownership of public spaces. Participants characterize the collective as a resistance movement opposed to the dominance of corporate forces in globalisation, and to the car as the dominant… …

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