transitive. To acquire or reclaim (land) from the sea, etc. Const. from, out of, †upon.
| 单词 | θ52288 |
| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > reclaim [verb (transitive)] > reclaim from sea (4) gain1641 transitive. To acquire or reclaim (land) from the sea, etc. Const. from, out of, †upon. recovera1793 transitive. To reclaim (land) from the sea. Cf. recovery, n. 5b. empolder1839 transitive. To make (an area) into a polder or polders (polder, n.1) in order to reclaim it from the sea, a river, etc. Cf. impolder, v. impolder1898 transitive. = empolder, v. |
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