Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To break down and reuse component materials.

    Both paper and plastic can be recycled.

    wiederverwerten, recyceln

    рециркули́роватьrecirkulírovatʹ, перераба́тыватьpererabátyvatʹ, перерабо́татьpererabótatʹ

    переробля́тиpererobljáty

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To reuse as a whole.

    wiederverwerten

    повто́рно испо́льзоватьpovtórno ispólʹzovatʹ, рециркули́роватьrecirkulírovatʹ

  3. (intransitive, transitive)To collect or place in a bin for recycling.

  4. (ergative, intransitive)To be recycled.

    Sulfur recycles in the sulfur cycle.

  5. (US)To discard into a recycling bin.

  6. (US, transitive)To put (a person) through a course of training again.

  7. To skate toward the rear of the engagement zone to maximize the time that an opposing jammer must spend before returning to the action.

More definitions
  • use again after processing
  • cause to repeat a cycle

Examples

111 sentences
  1. Do you recycle?

    Ти сортуєш сміття?

    ruВы занимаетесь переработкой?

    deRecyceln Sie?

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  2. Why is it important to recycle?

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  3. I wish more people would recycle.

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  4. Precious metals like silver also are recycled.

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  5. I only buy toilet paper made from recycled paper.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to break down and reuse component materials:
Русский
By meaning 2
to break down and reuse component materials:
to reuse as a whole:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to break down and reuse component materials:

Forms

recycles, recycling, recycled, recycled
Base formrecycle · to recycle
3rd person singularrecycles
Present participlerecycling
Past simplerecycled
Past participlerecycled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrecycle
he, she, itrecycles

Past simpleLesson

all personsrecycled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave recycled
he, she, ithas recycled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill recycle

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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