| VERB | possession | reclaim, repossess | claim back |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) . | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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