verb [VN]
1 ~ sth (from sb/sth) to get sth back or to ask to have it back after it has been lost, taken away, etc:
You'll have to go to the police station to reclaim your wallet. * The team reclaimed the title from their rivals.
seealsoBAGGAGERECLAIM
2 ~ sth (from sth) to make land that is naturally too wet or too dry suitable to be built on, farmed, etc:
The site for the airport will be reclaimed from the swamp. * reclaimed marshland
3 [usuallypassive] if a piece of land is reclaimed by desert, forest, etc., it turns back into desert, etc. after being used for farming or building
4 ~ sth (from sth) to obtain materials from waste products so that they can be used again:
80% of aluminium could be reclaimed.
seealsoRECYCLE
5 ~ sb (from sth) to rescue sb from a bad or criminal way of life
reclamation noun [U]:
land reclamation
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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