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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
recess
n 1: a state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: deferral,
recess]
2: a small concavity [syn: recess, recession, niche,
corner]
3: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky
headlands) [syn: inlet, recess]
4: an enclosure that is set back or indented [syn: recess,
niche]
5: a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute
break"; "he took time out to recuperate" [syn: respite,
recess, break, time out]
v 1: put into a recess; "recess lights"
2: make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
3: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn:
adjourn, recess, break up]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Recess \Re*cess"\ (r[-e]*s[e^]s"), n. [L. recessus, fr.
recedere, recessum. See Recede.]
1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the
recess of the tides.
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Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and
degradation from rationality. --South.
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My recess hath given them confidence that I may be
conquered. --Eikon
Basilike.
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2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
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In the recess of the jury they are to consider the
evidence. --Sir M. Hale.
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Good verse recess and solitude requires. --Dryden.
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3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure;
intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school;
as, the children were allowed to play in the school yard
during recess.
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The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks.
--Macaulay.
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4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an
alcove, niche, etc.
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A bed which stood in a deep recess. --W. Irving.
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5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
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Departure from this happy place, our sweet
Recess, and only consolation left. --Milton.
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6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses
of science; the deepest recesses of the mind. --I. Watts.
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7. (Bot. & Zool.) A sinus.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Recess \Re*cess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Recessing.]
To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Recess \Re*cess"\, n. [G.]
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
--Brande & C.
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Thesaurus Results for recess:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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