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herbruiken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • recycle verb To process waste materials so they can be used again.
  • resurrect verb To bring someone back to life after death.
  • reuse verb To use something again, either for the same purpose or a new one, instead of throwing it away.

Senses

herbruiken is used for these senses in English:

  • recycle (transitive, figurative) To reuse as a whole.
  • resurrect (transitive) To restore to a working state.

recycle — full definition

  1. verb To process waste materials so they can be used again.
  2. verb To use something again, often in a different way.

resurrect — full definition

  1. verb To bring someone back to life after death.
  2. verb To bring back something that had been abandoned or forgotten.

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