reclaimed

Thân thiện

The firefighters reclaimed the lost hiker from the mountain.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Delivered from danger; rescued or saved: Specifically, this describes something (often land or a material) that has been recovered, saved from a state of loss, decay, or misuse, and brought back to a useful or improved condition. 2. Brought back to a previous, better state: It implies an active process of restoration or recovery.

Usage

The adjective "reclaimed" is used to describe nouns, indicating they are the result of a reclamation process. It often precedes nouns like land, wood, water, materials. * It modifies a noun to state that the noun has been recovered and restored: reclaimed bricks, reclaimed territory. * It can be used with the verb "to be" in a predicate adjective construction: The farmland was reclaimed from the desert.

Examples

• The park was built on reclaimed land that was once a polluted industrial site.
• They furnished their house with beautiful tables made from reclaimed barn wood.
• After extensive conservation efforts, the wetland is now a reclaimed habitat for migratory birds.
• The floodwaters have receded, and the reclaimed areas are safe for residents to return.

Advanced Usage

• Ecological/Environmental Context: Frequently used to describe ecosystems, habitats, or land areas restored from damage or altered states (e.g., , ).
• Material/Design Context: Common in sustainable architecture and design to describe materials salvaged and repurposed from old structures (e.g., , ).

Variants and Related Words

• Reclaim (verb): The action from which the adjective is derived. Meaning: to retrieve, recover, or restore to a previous state or useful purpose.
  • They aim to reclaim the contaminated soil.
• Reclamation (noun): The process of reclaiming.
  • The reclamation of the riverbank has created a new public space.

Synonyms

• Restored
• Recovered
• Salvaged
• Redeemed
• Retaken

Antonyms

• Abandoned
• Lost
• Forfeited
• Wasted

Related Phrases/Idioms

• To reclaim something from something: This phrasal verb structure highlights the source or previous state.
  • Engineers reclaimed the land from the sea.
  • She reclaimed her confidence from years of self-doubt.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. delivered from danger

Từ đồng nghĩa

• rescued