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REUSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Use again after processing

Example:

We must recycle the cardboard boxes

Synonyms:

recycle; reprocess; reuse

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "reuse" is one way to...):

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reuse"):

rehash (present or use over, with no or few changes)

reclaim; recover (reuse (materials from waste products))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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