Definition of reclaiming in English English dictionary
process of restoring used lubricating oils by filtration, clay absorption, and/or chemical treatment to a condition similar to virgin stocks This is not to be confused with re-refining operations in which the used oil is vacuum distilled and chemically treated to return it to a state similar to its virgin condition
The process of removing ink and stencil from a screen to enable that screen to be reused
Processing or returning used refrigerant to the manufacturer or processor for disposal or reuse
When an item is sent back to the delivering broker by the receiving broker because of some type of problem with the trade; the delivering broker calls this a reclaim
If you reclaim an amount of money, for example tax that you have paid, you claim it back. There are an estimated eight million people currently thought to be eligible to reclaim income tax
If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back. In 1986, they got the right to reclaim South African citizenship
If a piece of land that was used for farming or building is reclaimed by a desert, forest, or the sea, it turns back into desert, forest, or sea. The diamond towns are gradually being reclaimed by the desert
Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc
When people reclaim land, they make it suitable for a purpose such as farming or building, for example by draining it or by building a barrier against the sea. The Netherlands has been reclaiming farmland from water