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reclaim

/ɹiːˈkleɪm/verb2 syllables

Reclaim means: bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one.

Synonyms for reclaim11

verb, as in bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

reform, regenerate, rectify, straighten out, see the light

verb, as in overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, tame

verb, as in claim back

repossess

verb, as in reuse (materials from waste products)

What does reclaim mean?5

verb

1

bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one“The Church reformed me”

2

overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable“He tames lions for the circus”

3

claim back

4

reuse (materials from waste products)

5

make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state“The people reclaimed the marshes”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with reclaim?19

two syllables

three syllables

overcame
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Reclaim in a sentence

  • After weeks of planning, he was ready to reclaim his mobility once again.Nuel
  • Some day man will reclaim the desert for agriculture.orcrist
  • The dung beetle fought another beetle to reclaim its dung ball.Amastan
  • Someone needs to reclaim control over the situation.Nuel
  • I know that one day, I'll reclaim my heart and spirit.Nuel
  • Algeria needs to reclaim a central role in Africa.Amastan
  • The Dutch used windmills to pump water out of the lowlands and reclaim land.Hybrid
  • Nature has begun to reclaim these spaces.OsoHombre

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Forms of reclaim

as a verb

past tense
reclaimed
present participle
reclaiming
third-person singular
reclaims
past participle
reclaimed