Defenition of the word reclaim

• Defenition of the word reclaim

  • To make obedient, docile and tractable; to train to follow orders of the owner.  
  • To claim back.
  • make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
  • of materials from waste products
  • claim back
  • overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
  • 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
  • make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
  • bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
  • reuse (materials from waste products)

Synonyms for the word reclaim

• • recover
  • repossess

Hyponyms for the word reclaim

• • break
  • break in
  • distrain
  • foreclose
  • moralise
  • moralize

Hypernyms for the word reclaim

• • acquire
  • alter
  • change
  • change over
  • convert
  • get
  • modify
  • recycle
  • reprocess
  • reuse

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