Recesses meaning

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. recess Past participle: recessed Gerund: recessing Imperative recess recess Present I recess you recess he/she/it recesses we recess you recess they recess Preterite I recessed you recessed he/she/it recessed we recessed you recessed they recessed Present Continuous I am recessing you are recessing he/she/it is recessing we are recessing you are recessing they are recessing Present Perfect I have recessed you have recessed he/she/it has recessed we have recessed you have recessed they have recessed Past Continuous I was recessing you were recessing he/she/it was recessing we were recessing you were recessing they were recessing Past Perfect I had recessed you had recessed he/she/it had recessed we had recessed you had recessed they had recessed Future I will recess you will recess he/she/it will recess we will recess you will recess they will recess Future Perfect I will have recessed you will have recessed he/she/it will have recessed we will have recessed you will have recessed they will have recessed Future Continuous I will be recessing you will be recessing he/she/it will be recessing we will be recessing you will be recessing they will be recessing Present Perfect Continuous I have been recessing you have been recessing he/she/it has been recessing we have been recessing you have been recessing they have been recessing ...

In this case the central court is roofed over, and has an octagon lantern in the centre; the recesses are covered with horizontal ceilings carried on great beams, the whole being elaborately carved, coloured and gilded; the tomb is covered with the later type of dome, built in stone, and elaborately carved outside with delicate conventional patterns in relief.

/rɪˈses/ Other forms: recesses; recessed; recessing Recess is a break from doing something, like work or school. Almost everyone looks forward to taking a recess — even if you don't have access to monkey bars. Recess comes from the Latin word recessus, meaning "a going back, retreat." You may have heard children talking about recess as their favorite part of school. This meaning of the word refers to the break in a school day for children to play, usually outside in a playground. As a verb, recess means to take a break at the end of a session — usually in a court proceeding: "The judge announced the court would recess until the following day."