recycle
/ˌɹiːˈsaɪkəl/US/ɹəˈsaɪkəl/
recycle verb: to break down and reuse component materials.
Verb
recycle (third-person singular simple present recycles, present participle recycling, simple past and past participle recycled)
- To break down and reuse component materials.
- Both paper and plastic can be recycled.
- Recycling and reusing the material eliminates the need to import aggregate, a strategy which has avoided over 50,000 lorry movements on local roads.2024 May 29, “Network News: HS2's Bromford Tunnel portal complete ready for TBM breakthrough...”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 14
- To reuse as a whole.
- Jokes are recycled so frequently, it’s as if comedy writing was eating a hole in the ozone layer: If the audience had a nickel for every time a character on one side of the frame says something could never happen as it simultaneously happens on the other side of the frame, they’d have enough to pay...2012 July 12, Sam Adams, “Ice Age: Continental Drift”, in AV Club
- He [Huw Jones] was hauled down in England’s 22 but, when the ball was quickly recycled, [Finn] Russell’s miss-pass gave Sean Maitland the room to score in the left corner.2018 February 24, Paul Rees, “Finn Russell masterminds historic Scotland victory over England”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2018
- To collect or place in a bin for recycling.
- Most cans, bottles, and jars need to be rinsed, so recycle while you are doing dishes.1990, Laurence Sombke, The Solution to Pollution: 101 Things You Can Do to Clean Up Your Environment, Sandy, Oregon: MasterMedia, p 22
- Recycling is no longer a chore when this convenient recycling center is a fixture in your kitchen.2003, The Complete Guide to Easy Woodworking Projects: 50 Projects You Can Build With Hand Power Tools, Minneapolis: Creative Publishing International, page 270
- To be recycled.
- Sulfur recycles in the sulfur cycle.
- To discard into a recycling bin.
- To put (a person) through a course of training again.
- Recruits cannot fail this portion of their training and become a Marine. Anyone who fails may be “recycled” through training up to three more times to try again, but will be sent home if success in this program is not achieved.2006, Barbara Schading, Richard Schading, A Civilian's Guide to the U.S. Military, page 102
- To skate toward the rear of the engagement zone to maximize the time that an opposing jammer must spend before returning to the action.
- Synonyms:
- waterfall
Noun
recycle (plural recycles)
- An act of recycling.
- First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor. Because all soluble concentrations are the same, the recycle of soluble constituents around the system has no impact on system...2011, C. P. Leslie Grady, Jr.; Glen T. Daigger; Nancy G. Love, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Third Edition, page 189
- If the agency does not approve recycle of the cadet who failed to qualify, the cadet is sent home and is not hired by the department who sponsored him or her in the academy.2020, Gary Gray, MUD on MY BADGE
recycle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
recycle in Hindi
- to break down and reuse component materials
- पुनर्चक्रण punarcakraṇ
- to reuse as a whole
- पुनर्चक्रण punarcakraṇ
recycle in Tamil
- மறுசுழற்சி, மறு பயனீடு, மீள்சுழற்சி
recycle in Bengali
- পুনঃচক্রায়ন করা
recycle in Malayalam
- reprocess, reuse, reclaim
- പുതുക്കുക, പുതുക്കി ഉപയോഗിക്കുക, പുതുതായി ഉപയോഗിക്കുക, പുനരുപയോഗിക്കുക, പുനചംക്രമണം നടത്തുക, വീണ്ടെടുക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- recycle in Kannada
- ಮರುಬಳಕೆ, ಮರುತಿರುವು, ಸಂಸ್ಕರಿಸು, ಪುನಃ ಬಳಕೆಗೆ ಬರುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡು
- recycle in Tagalog
- paliikot
- recycle in Arabic
- إِعَادَةْ تَدْوِير ʔiʕādat tadwīr
- recycle in Malay
- kitar semula
- recycle in Indonesian
- daur ulang
- recycle in Persian
- بازیافت کردن bâzyâft kardan
- recycle in Thai
- รีไซเคิล rii-sai-kə̂n
- recycle in Vietnamese
- tái chế
Examples of recycle in a sentence
- You'll find many configurations, including models that hide behind a single cabinet door and conceal from one to three bins, so you can recycle at the same spot where you dispose of trash.2006, Elaine Martin Petrowski, Design Ideas for Home Storage, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Creative Homeowner, page 133:
- Who cares if you’re good-looking if you don’t recycle?2026 March 2, “The greenest flags: virtue signals that help you find love – from patchwork clothes to car sharing”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- First, there will be little reaction in the settler so that the concentrations of soluble constituents in the recycle stream are the same as those in the bioreactor.2011, C. P. Leslie Grady, Jr.; Glen T. Daigger; Nancy G. Love, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Third Edition, page 189:
Synonyms of recycle
Forms of recycle
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | recycles |
| present participle | recycling |
| past participle | recycled |
| past | recycled |
| Noun | |
| plural | recycles |
Origin of recycle
From re- + cycle.
Words formed from recycle
Phrases with recycle
Words that rhyme with recycle
Questions about recycle
- What does recycle mean?
- Recycle means to break down and reuse component materials.
- What is recycle in Hindi?
- Recycle in Hindi is पुनर्चक्रण (punarcakraṇ). See Recycle meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use recycle in a sentence?
- You'll find many configurations, including models that hide behind a single cabinet door and conceal from one to three bins, so you can recycle at the same spot where you dispose of trash.
- What part of speech is recycle?
- Recycle can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce recycle?
- Recycle is pronounced /ˌɹiːˈsaɪkəl/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of recycle?
- The past tense of recycle is recycled.
Words near recycle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: recycle (page history and authors); recycle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recycle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); recycle (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); recycle (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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