Recycle

Quick meaning: Recycle is a verb meaning (transitive) To break down and reuse component materials.

Meaning

(transitive) To break down and reuse component materials.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, figurative) To reuse as a whole.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To collect or place in a bin for recycling.
3. (intransitive, ergative) To be recycled.
4. (US) To discard into a recycling bin.
5. (US, military, transitive) To put (a person) through a course of training again.
6. An act of recycling.
7. (roller derby) To skate toward the rear of the engagement zone to maximize the time that an opposing jammer must spend before returning to the action.

Example Sentences

Both paper and plastic can be recycled.

Most cans, bottles, and jars need to be rinsed, so recycle while you are doing dishes.

Recycling is no longer a chore when this convenient recycling center is a fixture in your kitchen.

Recycling and reusing the material eliminates the need to import aggregate, a strategy which has avoided over 50,000 lorry movements on local roads.

Word Forms

• recycles
• recycling
• recycled

Synonyms for recycle

Depending on context, synonyms include waterfall, reuse, reprocess.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reuse, reprocess, recyclable, recyclability, recycler, repurpose.

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