recess
/ˈɹiˌsɛs/ verbe C2En français : encastrer, enfoncer, reculer
- To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
- To make a recess (noun senses 1 and 1.1) in (something). · to recess a wall
- Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche. · That gargoyle recesses into the rest of architecture.· Recess the screw so it does not stick out.
- To conceal, to hide.
- To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
- To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
- Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break. · Class will recess for 20 minutes.· The meeting was recessed at midday.
- Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time. · This court shall recess for its lunch break now.· The court recessed early for the weekend.
He/she/it recesses · Prétérit recessed · Participe passé recessed · Forme en -ing recessing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- recess
- He/she/it
- recesses
- Prétérit
- recessed
- Participe passé
- recessed
- Forme en -ing
- recessing
Dans la bibliothèque
She kept me in at recess and talked to me.
Now he halted in the recess of the window.
With tingling nerves but a fixed purpose, I sat in the dark recess of the hut and waited with sombre patience for the coming of its tenant.
He had not been more than ten minutes in the drawing-room before he drew Danglars aside into the recess of a bow-window, and, after an ingenious preamble, related to him all his anxieties and cares since his noble father’s departure.
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