reclaim Antonyms
Meaning of reclaim
reclaim (v)
claim back
reuse (materials from waste products)
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
reclaim (v. t.)
To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
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.
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.
To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
To exclaim against; to gainsay.
reclaim (v. i.)
To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.
To draw back; to give way.
reclaim (n.)
The act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery.
reclaim Sentence Examples
- The community united to reclaim their park, which had been neglected for years.
- The government implemented initiatives to reclaim land lost to deforestation.
- The activists fought to reclaim the rights of marginalized groups.
- I reclaimed my power after years of being controlled by others.
- The company launched a campaign to reclaim its market share.
- She used yoga and meditation to reclaim her sense of well-being.
- The historian sought to reclaim the forgotten stories of the past.
- The team struggled to reclaim the lead after falling behind in the race.
- The farmer utilized sustainable practices to reclaim degraded soil.
- The city invested in green energy sources to reclaim its status as a clean environment leader.
FAQs About the word reclaim
claim back, reuse (materials from waste products), bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one, make useful
recover,regain, recapture, retrieve, repossess, get back, recoup,retake, reacquire,replenish
misplace, misplace, lose,lose, mislay,mislay,
The community united to reclaim their park, which had been neglected for years.
The government implemented initiatives to reclaim land lost to deforestation.
The activists fought to reclaim the rights of marginalized groups.
I reclaimed my power after years of being controlled by others.
