Definitions of reclaim [ɪˈkleɪm]

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Definition of 'reclaim'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) reclaim
to bring (uncultivated areas or wasteland) into a condition for cultivation or other use.

2.  reclaim
to recover (substances) in a pure or usable form from refuse, discarded articles, etc.

3.  reclaim
to bring back to a more positive or wholesome way of life; rescue or reform.

4.  reclaim
to tame.

5. (n.) reclaim
reclamation:
beyond reclaim.

Etymology: (1250–1300; (v.) ME recla(i)men < OF reclamer (tonic s. reclaim-) < L reclāmāre to cry out against)

Definition of 'reclaim'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) reclaim, repossess
claim back

2. (verb) reclaim, recover
reuse (materials from waste products)

3. (verb) reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
"The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"

4. (verb) reclaim
make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state
"The people reclaimed the marshes"

5. (verb) domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable
"He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"

Definition of 'reclaim'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) reclaim
the act of reclaiming, or the state of being reclaimed; reclamation; recovery

2. (verb) reclaim
to claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of

3. (verb) reclaim
to call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call

4. (verb) reclaim
to call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting

5. (verb) reclaim
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

6. (verb) reclaim
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

7. (verb) reclaim
to call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform

8. (verb) reclaim
to correct; to reform; -- said of things

9. (verb) reclaim
to exclaim against; to gainsay

10. (verb) reclaim
to cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions

11. (verb) reclaim
to bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform

12. (verb) reclaim
to draw back; to give way

Translation of 'reclaim'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to ask for (something one owns which has been lost, stolen etc and found by someone else) A wallet has been found and can be reclaimed at the manager's office.
Afrikaans: opgehaal, opgetel	Arabic: يُطالِب بِحَق مَفْقود	Bulgarian: възстановявам
Brazilian: recuperar	Czech: žádat zpět, reklamovat	German: zurückfordern
Danish: få tilbage	Greek: ζητώ να μου επιστραφεί κτ	Spanish: reclamar
Estonian: tagasi küsima	Farsi: پس گرفتن	Finnish: hakea
French: réclamer	Hebrew: לִדרוֹש בְּחֲזָרָה	Hindi: पुन: प्राप्त करना
Croatian: zahtijevati natrag	Hungarian: visszakövetel, -igényel	Indonesian: meminta kembali
Icelandic: endurheimta	Italian: (chiedere la restituzione	Japanese: 取り戻す
Korean: 반환을 요구하다	Lithuanian: atsiimti	Latvian: pieprasīt atpakaļ
Malay: mendapatkan kembali	Dutch: trerugvorderen	Norwegian: få tilbake, avhente
Polish: dochodzić zwrotu, odebrać	Persian: پس گرفتن	Pashto: بياغوښتل، بياادعاكول، له
Portuguese: recuperar	Romanian: a reclama	Russian: требовать обратно
Slovak: žiadať späť	Slovenian: zahtevati nazaj	Serbian: tražiti povraćaj
Swedish: återkräva	Thai: เรียกกลับคืน	Turkish: geri istemek/almak
Taiwanese: 領回	Ukrainian: просити повернути	Urdu: واپس لینا
Vietnamese: giành lại	Chinese: 找回，收回
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