VERB | possession | reclaim, repossess | claim back |
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possession | reclaim, recover | reuse (materials from waste products) | |
change | reclaim, reform, regenerate, rectify | bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | |
change | reclaim | make useful again | |
change | reclaim, domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, tame | overcome the wildness of |
Sounds | riykley'm | |
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Rhymes | acclaim ... tame: 34 rhymes with eym... |
Meaning | claim back. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Synonym | repossess | |
Narrower | distrain | legally take something in place of a debt payment |
foreclose | subject to foreclosing procedures | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Spanish | recobrar, recuperar | |
Catalan | recobrar, recuperar |
Meaning | reuse (materials from waste products) . | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | recover | |
Entails | save, preserve | To keep up and reserve for personal or special use |
Broader | recycle, reprocess, reuse | Use again after processing |
Spanish | reciclar, recuperar | |
Catalan | recuperar | |
Nouns | reclamation | the recovery of useful substances from waste products |
Meaning | Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | reform, regenerate, rectify | |
Narrower | moralize, moralise | improve the morals of |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Similar to | reform, straighten out, see the light | change for the better |
Catalan | reformar, regenerar | |
Nouns | reclamation | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course |
Meaning | make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The people reclaimed the marshes" | |
Broader | convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something |
Catalan | reclamar | |
Nouns | reclamation | the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation |
Meaning | Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "reclaim falcons" | |
Synonyms | domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, tame | |
Category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
Narrower | break in, break | make submissive, obedient, or useful |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Similar to | domesticate, tame | make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans |
Spanish | amansar, contener, domar, domeñar, dominar, someter | |
Catalan | amansar, amansir, contenir, domar, dominar, sotmetre |
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