recycle
To break down and reuse component materialsTo break down and reuse component materials.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Do you recycle?
Recyceln Sie? — al_ex_an_der
Recycelst du? — al_ex_an_der
Recycelt ihr? — al_ex_an_der
Вы занимаетесь переработкой? — Biga
Ти сортуєш сміття? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(transitive)To break down and reuse component materials.
Both paper and plastic can be recycled.
wiederverwerten, recyceln
рециркули́роватьrecirkulírovatʹ, перераба́тыватьpererabátyvatʹ, перерабо́татьpererabótatʹ
переробля́тиpererobljáty
(figuratively, transitive)To reuse as a whole.
wiederverwerten
повто́рно испо́льзоватьpovtórno ispólʹzovatʹ, рециркули́роватьrecirkulírovatʹ
(intransitive, transitive)To collect or place in a bin for recycling.
(ergative, intransitive)To be recycled.
Sulfur recycles in the sulfur cycle.
(US)To discard into a recycling bin.
(US, transitive)To put (a person) through a course of training again.
To skate toward the rear of the engagement zone to maximize the time that an opposing jammer must spend before returning to the action.
- use again after processing
- cause to repeat a cycle
Examples
111 sentencesDo you recycle?
Ти сортуєш сміття? — deniko
ruВы занимаетесь переработкой? — Biga
deRecyceln Sie? — al_ex_an_der
Why is it important to recycle?
I wish more people would recycle.
Precious metals like silver also are recycled.
I only buy toilet paper made from recycled paper.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
recycles, recycling, recycled, recycledSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- B2The environment and climate — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.