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RECYCLE

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 "recycle" 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 "recycle"):

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

recycling (the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to repeat a cycle

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

cycle (cause to go through a recurring sequence)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

The MOF that Teplensky and team selected breaks down into harmless components that are easily recycled by the cell without harmful side effects.

(Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells, University of Cambridge)

Once internalized, receptors can either be degraded in lysosomes or they can be recycled back to the cell surface.

(Attenuation of GPCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A secretory vesicle between 30 and 90 nm in diameter that can play a role in receptor recycling, plasma membrane protein shedding, and the secretion of proteins and RNA.

(Exosome, NCI Thesaurus)

Inhibition of serotonin recycling enhances serotonergic function through serotonin accumulation in the synaptic cleft, which resulting in long-term desensitization and downregulation of 5HT1 (serotonin) receptors and leading to symptomatic relief of depressive illness.

(Paroxetine Mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

This maturation of phagosomes involves regulated interaction with the other membrane organelles, including recycling endosomes, late endosomes and lysosomes.

(Phagocytosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

See if you can donate or recycle.

(Hazardous Waste, Environmental Protection Agency)

GABA-A interacts with several proteins that modulate its clustering, endocytosis, and recycling or degradation.

(GABA Receptor Life Cycle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Fluoxetine binds to the presynaptic serotonin receptor resulting in negative allosteric modulation of the receptor complex, thereby blocking recycling of serotonin by the presynaptic receptor.

(Fluoxetine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes adenine phosphoribosyltransferase protein, is involved in an AMP purine salvage reaction that recycles adenine into nucleic acids by formation of AMP from adenine and 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate.

(APRT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

“The beauty of it is that it’s a recycling system,” said Joseph Woo, senior author of the study.

(Oxygen-Producing Bacteria Could Help Heart Attack Sufferers, VOA News)