Definition of "recycle" []

• To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. (verb-transitive)
• To start a different cycle in. (verb-transitive)
• To extract useful materials from (garbage or waste). (verb-transitive)
• To extract and reuse (useful substances found in waste). (verb-transitive)
• To use again, especially to reprocess: recycle aluminum cans; recycle old jokes. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Another way to recycle is to look around your home."
• "Supremacy Member taking the word recycle to a whole new level~"
• "Today's game is called "recycle" - two teams take turns throwing balls at gym mats propped up vertically on either side of the gym into makeshift baskets."