About The Word Recess
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Recess
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What's The Definition Of Recess?
[n] a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
[n] an enclosure that is set back or indented [n] an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) [n] a small concavity [n] a state of abeyance or suspended business [v] close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [v] make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" [v] put into a recess; "recess lights" Synonyms | Synonyms for Recess: adjourn | break | break up | corner | deferral | inlet | niche | niche | recession | respite | time out Related Terms | Find terms related to Recess: See Also | abeyance | alcove | apse | apsis | bay | body of water | Bristol Channel | cease | concave shape | concavity | cove | enclosure | end | finish | fiord | fireplace | fjord | Gulf of Aegina | hearth | incurvation | incurvature | indent | lake | lay | loch | open fireplace | pause | pharyngeal recess | place | pose | position | put | Saronic Gulf | sea | set | stop | suspension | terminate | water | White Sea Recess In Webster's Dictionary \Re*cess"\, n. [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See
{Recede}.]
1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the
recess of the tides.
Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and
degradation from rationality. --South.
My recess hath given them confidence that I may be
conquered. --Eikon
Basilike.
2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
In the recess of the jury they are to consider the
evidence. --Sir M. Hale.
Good verse recess and solitude requires. --Dryden.
3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure;
intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school.
The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks.
--Macaulay.
4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an
alcove, niche, etc.
A bed which stood in a deep recess. --W. Irving.
5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
Departure from his happy place, our sweet Recess,
and only consolation left. --Milton.
6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses
of science. --I. Watts.
7. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) A sinus.
\Re*cess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recessing}.] To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall. \Re*cess"\, n. [G.] A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. --Brande & C. |
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