the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost), In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke. Restoration from a bad to a good condition; especially, restoration from sickness, faintness, or the like; also, restoration from low condition or misfortune

activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation, Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates, A short piece of music introduced among technical exercises for variety and practice in style

engaged in as a pastime, Used for recreation, for fun or pleasure, Of or relating to the occasional use of drugs for pleasure or intoxication

Present participle of recruit

the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.),The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army, A style or process of recruiting

the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products, The activity or process of extracting and reusing useful substances found in waste, uncountable Those materials culled for recycling, verb_ Present participle of recycle

An obsolete or dialectal form of read, An object of a red color, as wine, gold, etc, A color more or less resembling that of blood or the lower end of the spectrum, adjective_ Reddish in color or having parts that are reddish in color, Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part, Relating to or being a red state

to turn in (vouchers or coupons) and receive something in exchange, restore the honor or worth of, exchange or buy back for money; under threat, transitive To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover, To restore the honor, worth, or reputation of, To serve as compensation for; make up for

An American duck (Aythya Americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See Illust. under Poachard, A person with red hair, A tropical milkweed, Asclepias Curassavica, with umbels of bright-red flowe

To bring to a humbler, weaker, difficult, or forced state or condition; especially, To bring to a specified undesirable state, as of weakness or helplessness, To lower in rank or grade; demote, transitive verb_ To change, as numbers, from one denomination into another without altering their value, or from one denomination into others of the same value, To bring to a certain state or condition by grinding, pounding, kneading, rubbing, etc, To bring to terms; to humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture