transitive verb recycled -·cled, recycling -·cling

1. to pass through a cycle or part of a cycle again, as for checking, treating, etc.
2. to use again and again, as a single supply of water in cooling, washing, diluting, etc.
3. 1. to treat or process in order to use again recycle aluminum cans
   2. to gather up and turn in (empty bottles and cans, old newspapers, etc.) to be so treated or processed
4. to alter or adapt to a new use or function recycle an old tenement into condominiums
5. to use again; bring back; reuse recycle a speech from a previous campaign

intransitive verb

1. to pass through a cycle, system, etc. and return to the starting point again or repeatedly the electronic flash recycles in 5 seconds; the water recycles through the cooling system
2. to engage in recycling empty bottles, old newspapers, etc.