[ree-sahy-kuh
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verb, -cled, -cling, noun | 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. |
| 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. |
| 7. | the act or process of recycling. |