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English verb: reclaim | |||
| 1. | reclaim (possession) claim back | ||
| Synonyms | repossess | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | distrain, foreclose | ||
| 2. | reclaim (possession) reuse (materials from waste products) | ||
| Synonyms | recover | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | recycle, reprocess, reuse | ||
| Entail | preserve, save | ||
| 3. | reclaim (change) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | ||
| Samples | The Church reformed me. Reform your conduct. | ||
| Synonyms | rectify, reform, regenerate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | moralise, moralize | ||
| Verb group | reform, see the light, straighten out | ||
| 4. | reclaim (change) make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state | ||
| Samples | The people reclaimed the marshes. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convert | ||
| 5. | reclaim (change) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | ||
| Samples | He tames lions for the circus. Reclaim falcons. | ||
| Synonyms | domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, tame | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break, break in | ||
| Verb group | domesticate, tame | ||
| Domain category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||
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