recess : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: recess	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for recess
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recess n a state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: deferral, recess] a small concavity Synonym(s): recess, recession, niche, corner an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands) Synonym(s): inlet, recess an enclosure that is set back or indented Synonym(s): recess, niche a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" Synonym(s): respite, recess, break, time out v put into a recess; "recess lights" make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" Synonym(s): adjourn, recess, break up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recess \Recess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Recessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recessing}.] To make a recess* in; as, to recess a wall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recess \Re*cess"\, n. [G.] A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. --Brande & C.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recess \Recess"\, 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 The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.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[94]l.) A sinus.