reclaim

récupérer, reprendre

Récupérer quelque chose qui vous appartient ou que vous possédiez auparavant.

En anglais simple : To get back something that belongs to you or that you once had.

• I went to reclaim my bag.
• The team reclaimed the title after ten years.
• You may be able to reclaim the tax you paid.

Comment l'utiliser : reclaim something from someone/something (She reclaimed her money from the company.)

Synonymes : recover, get back, retrieve

Contraires : relinquish

Expressions courantes : reclaim your luggage, reclaim your property, reclaim the title

réhabiliter, assécher

Rendre un terrain utilisable, souvent en évacuant l’eau ou en réparant les dégâts.

En anglais simple : To make land suitable for use, often by draining water or repairing damage.

• They plan to reclaim the old mine site.
• Farmers reclaimed the marsh for growing crops.
• Much of the airport stands on land reclaimed from the sea.

Comment l'utiliser : reclaim land from something (Engineers reclaimed land from the sea.)

Synonymes : restore, rehabilitate

Expressions courantes : reclaim land, reclaim a marsh, reclaim damaged land

récupérer, recycler

Extraire des matériaux utiles de déchets ou d’objets déjà utilisés.

En anglais simple : To get useful materials from waste or things that have already been used.

• The plant reclaims water for reuse.
• They reclaimed wood from a demolished house.
• Can we reclaim useful metals from these batteries?

Comment l'utiliser : reclaim something from something (The factory reclaims copper from old cables.)

Synonymes : recover, salvage, recycle

Expressions courantes : reclaim waste water, reclaim scrap metal, reclaim old timber

matière récupérée

Matière tirée de quelque chose de déjà utilisé afin de servir à nouveau.

En anglais simple : Material collected from something already used, so it can be used again.

• The factory mixes rubber reclaim into new products.
• They collected reclaim from the used equipment.
• This batch of reclaim needs further processing.

Synonymes : recovered material

Expressions courantes : rubber reclaim, cannabis reclaim, collect the reclaim