reclaim
reclaim Lexical Profile
reclaim Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To retrieve or recover something previously lost, given away, or taken.
"The defending champion managed to reclaim her title at the national tournament."
To bring wasteland, marshland, or submerged areas under cultivation or into a state suitable for human use.
"Engineers constructed a series of dikes to reclaim thousands of acres of fertile farmland from the sea."
To extract or obtain useful materials or substances from waste or discarded products.
"The architectural firm prefers to reclaim timber from demolished barns for use in modern interiors."
To reassert ownership of a word or symbol that was previously used as a disparaging slur, adopting it with pride or positive meaning.
"Marginalized communities have worked for decades to reclaim terms that were once used to demean them."
• noun
The act or process of recovering, retrieving, or salvaging something, or an area at an airport where arriving passengers collect their checked luggage.
"Passengers waited patiently at the baggage reclaim for their suitcases to arrive on the carousel."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 14th century from Old French 'reclamer' (to call back, specifically a hawk in falconry), from Latin 'reclamare' (to cry out against or demand back), composed of 're-' (back) and 'clamare' (to cry out).