ALL meanings of reclaim
re·claim
R r - transitive verb reclaim take back 1
- transitive verb reclaim retrieve, salvage: sth 1
- transitive verb reclaim land: prepare for reuse 1
- verb with object reclaim to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc. 1
- verb with object reclaim to claim again. 1
- verb without object reclaim to protest; object. 1
- noun reclaim reclamation: beyond reclaim. 1
- verb reclaim If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back. 0
- verb reclaim If you reclaim an amount of money, for example tax that you have paid, you claim it back. 0
- verb reclaim When people reclaim land, they make it suitable for a purpose such as farming or building, for example by draining it or by building a barrier against the sea. 0
- verb reclaim If a piece of land that was used for farming or building is reclaimed by a desert, forest, or the sea, it turns back into desert, forest, or sea. 0
- verb reclaim If you reclaim a person who has been involved in bad or criminal behaviour, you cause them to stop acting in that way. 0
- verb reclaim to claim back 0
- verb reclaim to convert (desert, marsh, waste ground, etc) into land suitable for growing crops 0
- verb reclaim to recover (useful substances) from waste products 0
- verb reclaim to convert (someone) from sin, folly, vice, etc 0
- verb reclaim to render (a hawk or falcon) tame 0
- noun reclaim the act of reclaiming or state of being reclaimed 0
- verb transitive reclaim to rescue or bring back (a person or people) from error, vice, etc. to ways of living or thinking regarded as right; reform 0
- verb transitive reclaim to make (wasteland, desert, etc.) capable of being cultivated or lived on, as by filling, ditching, or irrigating 0
- verb transitive reclaim to recover (useful materials) from waste products 0
- verb transitive reclaim to tame or subdue (a hawk) 0
- abbreviation RECLAIM reclamation 0