recessing

Definition of recessing in English English dictionary: present participle of recess
recess: A break, pause or vacation
Spring recess offers a good chance to travel.
recess: To inset into something, or to recede
Recess the screw so it does not stick out.
recess: Remote, distant (in time or place)
Thomas Salusbury: Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: I should think it best in the subsequent discourses to begin to examine whether the Earth be esteemed immoveable, as it hath been till now believed by most men, or else moveable, as some ancient Philosophers held, and others of not very recesse times were of opinion;.
recess: To take or declare a break
Class will recess for 20 minutes.
recess: A shallow depression drilled in wood to allow the head or threaded end of a through-bolt to be flush with the wood surface
recess: {n} a retirement, retreat, secret place
recess: an enclosure that is set back or indented a small concavity make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
recess: – An interlude between sessions where pupils can relax and play games outside of the school buildings
recess: A depression in a flat surface
recess: A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion
recess: Intermission in a daily session Intermission from one day to the next; day-to-day recess from one calendar day to the next
recess: The period between sessions of Parliament
recess: A temporary interruption during a day’s proceedings that does not interrupt unfinished business The rules in each house direct matters to be taken up and disposed of at the beginning of each legislative day The House usually adjourns from day to day The Senate often recesses, thus meeting on the same legislative day for several calendar days or even weeks at a time
recess: A temporary break during a floor session or a period when no legislative sessions are held
recess: A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire
recess: A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides
recess: An inset, hole, space or opening
recess: put into a recess; "recess lights
recess: A temporary termination of a meeting Recesses are called for short breaks (e g , for lunch or dinner) or occasionally at the close of a daily session to allow the legislative day to continue into the next calendar day (See ADJOURNMENT )
recess: Marks a temporary end to the business of the Congress, and sets a time for the next meeting
recess: an enclosure that is set back or indented
recess: Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc
recess: When formal meetings or court cases recess, they stop temporarily. The hearings have now recessed for dinner Before the trial recessed today, the lawyer read her opening statement
recess: Temporary halt to proceedings, with a time set for proceedings to resume
recess: an enclosure that is set back or indented a small concavity make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood" put into a recess; "recess lights
recess: In a room, a recess is part of a wall which is built further back than the rest of the wall. Recesses are often used as a place to put furniture such as shelves. a discreet recess next to a fireplace
recess: (1) An official pause in a committee hearing or floor session that halts the proceedings for a period of time but does not have the finality of adjournment
recess: Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science
recess: Intermission during a daily Session, usually for caucus or committee meetings
recess: a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
recess: a state of abeyance or suspended business
recess: A time of play, usually, on a playground
recess: Concludes legislative day, with a set time for reconvening--usually more than three days of adjournment
recess: An indentation into the housing
recess: Temporary delay in proceedings
recess: a small concavity
recess: A brief adjournment ordered by the judge (see Adjournment; compare Continuance)
recess: make a recess in; "recess the piece of wood"
recess: (1) An official pause of any length in a committee hearing or Floor Session that halts the proceedings for a period of time but does not have the finality of adjournment
recess: Intermission in a legislative day
recess: the period between sessions of Parliament, but in ordinary usage the word is often used to describe the periods between the main sitting periods each year, as in the winter recess
recess: {i} break from proceedings, intermission, pause in activity; niche, indentation in a wall, alcove; scheduled break in the middle of a school day
recess: a space in a room where part of a wall is set back from the main part
recess: Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school
recess: an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
recess: The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy
recess: A sinus
recess: Intermission in a daily session
recess: put into a recess; "recess lights"
recess: ending a legislative session with a set time to reconvene
recess: To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall
recess: —Adjournment by the House or Senate for at least three days, with a set time for reconvening
recess: This is a temporary time when the trial or hearing is not in session A recess can be for minutes, hours, days or even weeks return to index
recess: {f} take a break from proceedings, take a pause from activities; make a niche, set back from the surface
recess: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
recess: The recesses of something or somewhere are the parts of it which are hard to see because light does not reach them or they are hidden from view. He emerged from the dark recesses of the garage
recess: A recess is a break between the periods of work of an official body such as a committee, a court of law, or a government. The conference broke for a recess
recess: If you refer to the recesses of someone's mind or soul, you are referring to thoughts or feelings they have which are hidden or difficult to describe. There was something in the darker recesses of his unconscious that was troubling him. if a government, law court etc recesses, it officially stops work for a period of time