Definition of reclaim Reclaim

/ɹiklejˈm/ - [reekleym] - re•claim

We found 29 definitions of reclaim from 6 different sources.

What does reclaim mean?

WordNet

Verb reclaims, reclaiming, reclaimed
reclaim - claim back
		repossess
		acquire, get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"
		distrain legally take something in place of a debt payment
		foreclose subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
reclaim - reuse (materials from waste products)
		recover
		reprocess, reuse, recycle use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes"
		preserve, save prevent (food) from rotting; "preserved meats"; "keep potatoes fresh"
reclaim - make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"
		convert change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
reclaim - 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"
		reform, regenerate, rectify
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		moralise, moralize improve the morals of
reclaim - overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
		domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, tame
		domesticate, tame make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
		modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
		animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
		break in, break make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"

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Wiktionary

reclaim (Noun)
The calling back of a hawk.
reclaim (Noun)
The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.
reclaim (Noun)
An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.
reclaim (Verb)
To return land to a suitable condition for use.
reclaim (Verb)
To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
reclaim (Verb)
To return someone to a proper course of action; to reform.
reclaim (Verb)
To claim something back; to repossess.
reclaim (Verb)
To tame or domesticate a wild animal.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

reclaim (v. t.)
To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
reclaim (v. t.)
To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
reclaim (v. t.)
To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
reclaim (v. t.)
To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals.
reclaim (v. t.)
Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc.
reclaim (v. t.)
To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
reclaim (v. t.)
To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
reclaim (v. t.)
To exclaim against; to gainsay.
reclaim (v. i.)
To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
reclaim (v. i.)
To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
reclaim (v. i.)
To draw back; to give way.
reclaim (n.)
The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

reclaim
To make obedient, docile and tractable; to train to follow orders of the owner.
reclaim
To claim back.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

reclaim
rē-klām′, v.t. to demand the return of: to regain: to bring back from a wild or barbarous state, or from error or vice: to bring into a state of cultivation: to bring into the desired condition: to make tame or gentle: to reform.—v.i. to cry out or exclaim: (Scots law) to appeal from the Lord Ordinary to the inner house of the Court of Session.—adj. Reclaim′able, that may be reclaimed or reformed.—adv. Reclaim′ably.—ns. Reclaim′ant, one who reclaims; Reclamā′tion, act of reclaiming: state of being reclaimed, as of waste land: demand: recovery. [Fr.,—L. re-, again, clamāre, to cry out.]