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re⋅cy⋅cle

  [ree-sahy-kuhl] verb, -cled, -cling, noun
Use recycle in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse: recycling paper to save trees.
2. to alter or adapt for new use without changing the essential form or nature of: The old factory is being recycled as a theater.
3. to use again in the original form or with minimal alteration: The governor recycled some speeches from his early days.
4. to cause to pass through a cycle again: to recycle laundry through a washing machine.
–verb (used without object)
5. to pass through a cycle again; repeat a process from the beginning.
6. to undergo reuse or renewal; be subject to or suitable for further use, activity, etc.: The industry will recycle and become profitable once more.
–noun
7. the act or process of recycling.
Origin:
1925–30; re- + cycle

Related forms:
re⋅cy⋅cla⋅ble, adjective
re⋅cy⋅cla⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
re⋅cy⋅cler, re⋅cy⋅clist, noun
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re·cy·cle   (rē-sī'kəl)   
tr.v.   re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles
  1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment.
  2. To start a different cycle in.
    1. To extract useful materials from (garbage or waste).
    2. To extract and reuse (useful substances found in waste).
    3. To use again, especially to reprocess: recycle aluminum cans; recycle old jokes.
    4. To recondition and adapt to a new use or function: recycling old warehouses as condominiums.
    1. To use again, especially to reprocess: recycle aluminum cans; recycle old jokes.
    2. To recondition and adapt to a new use or function: recycling old warehouses as condominiums.
re·cy'cla·ble adj. & n., re·cy'cler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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