"recycle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹəˈsaɪkəl/ [General-American], /ɹɪˈsaɪkəl/ [General-American], /ɹiˈsaɪkəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recycle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: recycles [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪkəl Etymology: From re- + cycle. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|cycle}} re- + cycle Head templates: {{en-noun}} recycle (plural recycles)
  1. An act of recycling.
    Sense id: en-recycle-en-noun-FiUcaeCc

Verb

IPA: /ɹəˈsaɪkəl/ [General-American], /ɹɪˈsaɪkəl/ [General-American], /ɹiˈsaɪkəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recycle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: recycles [present, singular, third-person], recycling [participle, present], recycled [participle, past], recycled [past]
Rhymes: -aɪkəl Etymology: From re- + cycle. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|cycle}} re- + cycle Head templates: {{en-verb}} recycle (third-person singular simple present recycles, present participle recycling, simple past and past participle recycled)
  1. (transitive) To break down and reuse component materials. Tags: transitive Translations (to break down and reuse component materials): إِعَادَةْ تَدْوِير (ʔiʕādat tadwīr) [feminine] (Arabic), ريسايكل (rīsāykel) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), birziklatu (Basque), преработвам (prerabotvam) (Bulgarian), reciclar (Catalan), 循環再造 (Chinese Mandarin), 循环再造 (xúnhuán zàizào) (Chinese Mandarin), recyklovat (Czech), genbruge (Danish), genanvende (Danish), recycleren (Dutch), hergebruiken (Dutch), recikligi (Esperanto), kierrättää (Finnish), recycler (French), reciclar (Galician), wiederverwerten (German), recyceln (German), ανακυκλώνω (anakyklóno) (Greek), atoqqippaa (Greenlandic), újrahasznosít (Hungarian), újrafeldolgoz (Hungarian), újrafelhasznál (Hungarian), reciklál (Hungarian), endurvinna (Icelandic), ricikligar (Ido), daur ulang (Indonesian), riciclare (Italian), 再生する (saisei suru) (alt: さいせいする) (Japanese), リサイクルする (risaikuru suru) (Japanese), កែច្នៃឡើងវិញ (kaecnaylaəngvɨñ) (Khmer), 재활용하다 (jaehwaryonghada) (Korean), рецикли́ра (reciklíra) (Macedonian), kitar semula (Malay), hangarua (Maori), r'cyclier (Norman), veçerxandin (Northern Kurdish), veçerxîn (Northern Kurdish), gjenvinne (Norwegian Bokmål), gjenbruke (Norwegian Bokmål), resirkulere (Norwegian Bokmål), بازیافت کردن (bâzyâft kardan) (Persian), przetwarzać [imperfective] (Polish), przetworzyć [perfective] (Polish), poddawać recyklingowi (Polish), reciclar (Portuguese), recicla (Romanian), рециркули́ровать (recirkulírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), перераба́тывать (pererabátyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перерабо́тать (pererabótatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ath-chuairtich (Scottish Gaelic), reciclar (Spanish), återvinna (Swedish), återanvända (Swedish), paliikot (Tagalog), รีไซเคิล (rii-sai-kə̂n) (Thai), geri dönüşüm (Turkish), geri dönüştürmek (Turkish), переробля́ти (pererobljáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), tái chế (Vietnamese), ailgylchu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-recycle-en-verb-WuXE-OXA Disambiguation of 'to break down and reuse component materials': 90 4 1 1 2 1 2
  2. (transitive) To reuse as a whole. Tags: transitive Translations (to reuse as a whole): използвам отново (izpolzvam otnovo) (Bulgarian), 再利用 (zàilìyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), genbruge (Danish), herbruiken (Dutch), reuzi (Esperanto), kierrättää (Finnish), recycler (French), réutiliser (French), reusar (Galician), wiederverwerten (German), újrahasznosít (Hungarian), endurnota (Icelandic), endurnýta (Icelandic), reciklar (Ido), riutilizzare (Italian), 再利用する (sairiyō suru) (alt: さいりようする) (Japanese), gjenbruke (Norwegian Bokmål), resirkulere (Norwegian Bokmål), reciclar (Portuguese), reusar (Portuguese), повто́рно испо́льзовать (povtórno ispólʹzovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), рециркули́ровать (recirkulírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), ath-chuairtich (Scottish Gaelic), reusar (Spanish), återanvända (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-recycle-en-verb-2LuEdDzt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 39 1 1 39 12 3 Disambiguation of 'to reuse as a whole': 3 85 1 0 8 2 1
  3. (transitive) To collect or place in a bin for recycling. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-recycle-en-verb-Rr7AbLI0
  4. (intransitive, ergative) To be recycled. Tags: ergative, intransitive
    Sense id: en-recycle-en-verb-rRqwWQ8B
  5. (US) To discard into a recycling bin. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-recycle-en-verb-6~6xRai6 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 39 1 1 39 12 3
  6. (US, military, transitive) To put (a person) through a course of training again. Tags: US, transitive Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-recycle-en-verb-zfyuEvOg Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 39 1 1 39 12 3 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 7 11 13 7 6 22 28 7 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  7. (roller derby) To skate toward the rear of the engagement zone to maximize the time that an opposing jammer must spend before returning to the action. Categories (topical): Roller derby Synonyms: waterfall
    Sense id: en-recycle-en-verb-qcwLTEhh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: downcycle, upcycle Derived forms: recyclability, recyclable, recycle bin, recycle man, recycle shop, recycle truck, recycling

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "преработвам"
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          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
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        },
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "word": "hergebruiken"
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        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "recikligi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "kierrättää"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "recycler"
        },
        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "reciclar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "wiederverwerten"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
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          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anakyklóno",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "ανακυκλώνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "atoqqippaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "újrahasznosít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "újrafeldolgoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "újrafelhasznál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "reciklál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "endurvinna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "ricikligar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "daur ulang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "riciclare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "alt": "さいせいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saisei suru",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "再生する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "risaikuru suru",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "リサイクルする"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaecnaylaəngvɨñ",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "កែច្នៃឡើងវិញ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jaehwaryonghada",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "재활용하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "veçerxandin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "veçerxîn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "reciklíra",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "рецикли́ра"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "kitar semula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "hangarua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "r'cyclier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "gjenvinne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "gjenbruke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "resirkulere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bâzyâft kardan",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "بازیافت کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "przetwarzać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "przetworzyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "poddawać recyklingowi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "reciclar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "recicla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "recirkulírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "рециркули́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pererabátyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "перераба́тывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pererabótatʹ",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "перерабо́тать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "ath-chuairtich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "reciclar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "återvinna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "återanvända"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "paliikot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rii-sai-kə̂n",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "รีไซเคิล"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "geri dönüşüm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "geri dönüştürmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pererobljáty",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "переробля́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "tái chế"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 4 1 1 2 1 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
          "word": "ailgylchu"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "ref": "1990, Laurence Sombke, The Solution to Pollution: 101 Things You Can Do to Clean Up Your Environment, Sandy, Oregon: MasterMedia, p 22",
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        "US",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Roller derby"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To skate toward the rear of the engagement zone to maximize the time that an opposing jammer must spend before returning to the action."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "roller derby",
          "roller derby"
        ],
        [
          "skate",
          "skate"
        ],
        [
          "jammer",
          "jammer"
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      "qualifier": "roller derby",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(roller derby) 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": [
        {
          "word": "waterfall"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɹəˈsaɪkəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈsaɪkəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹiˈsaɪkəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪkəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recycle.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/62/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-recycle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-recycle.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔiʕādat tadwīr",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "إِعَادَةْ تَدْوِير"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "rīsāykel",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ريسايكل"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "birziklatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prerabotvam",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "преработвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "reciclar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "循環再造"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xúnhuán zàizào",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "循环再造"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "recyklovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "genbruge"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "genanvende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "recycleren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "hergebruiken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "recikligi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "kierrättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "recycler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "reciclar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "wiederverwerten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "recyceln"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anakyklóno",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "ανακυκλώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "atoqqippaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "újrahasznosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "újrafeldolgoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "újrafelhasznál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "reciklál"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "endurvinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "ricikligar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "daur ulang"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "riciclare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいせいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saisei suru",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "再生する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "risaikuru suru",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "リサイクルする"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaecnaylaəngvɨñ",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "កែច្នៃឡើងវិញ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jaehwaryonghada",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "재활용하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "veçerxandin"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "veçerxîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "reciklíra",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "рецикли́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "kitar semula"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "hangarua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "r'cyclier"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "gjenvinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "gjenbruke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "resirkulere"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bâzyâft kardan",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "بازیافت کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "przetwarzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przetworzyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "poddawać recyklingowi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "reciclar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "recicla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "recirkulírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "рециркули́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pererabátyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перераба́тывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pererabótatʹ",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перерабо́тать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "ath-chuairtich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "reciclar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "återvinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "återanvända"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "paliikot"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rii-sai-kə̂n",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "รีไซเคิล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "geri dönüşüm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "geri dönüştürmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pererobljáty",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "переробля́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "tái chế"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to break down and reuse component materials",
      "word": "ailgylchu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpolzvam otnovo",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "използвам отново"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zàilìyòng",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "再利用"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "genbruge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "herbruiken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "reuzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "kierrättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "recycler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "réutiliser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "reusar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "wiederverwerten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "újrahasznosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "endurnota"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "endurnýta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "reciklar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "riutilizzare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいりようする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sairiyō suru",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "再利用する"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "gjenbruke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "resirkulere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "reciclar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "reusar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povtórno ispólʹzovatʹ",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "повто́рно испо́льзовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "recirkulírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "рециркули́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "ath-chuairtich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "reusar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reuse as a whole",
      "word": "återanvända"
    }
  ],
  "word": "recycle"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with re-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪkəl",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪkəl/3 syllables"
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        "2": "re",
        "3": "cycle"
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From re- + cycle.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "recycles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "recycle (plural recycles)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "2011, C. P. Leslie Grady, Jr., Glen T. Daigger, Nancy G. Love, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Third Edition, page 189",
          "text": "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 performance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, Gary Gray, MUD on MY BADGE",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ɹəˈsaɪkəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈsaɪkəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹiˈsaɪkəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "rhymes": "-aɪkəl"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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  "word": "recycle"
}

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