recycle.
To break down and reuse component materials.
Meaning & usage
To break down and reuse component materials.
Both paper and plastic can be recycled.
To reuse as a whole.
To collect or place in a bin for recycling.
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.
To skate toward the rear of the engagement zone to maximize the time that an opposing jammer must spend before returning to the action.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English recycle From re- + cycle.
An act of recycling.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English recycle From re- + cycle.
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