English words for 'One that recesses.'
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verb
noun
- A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
- The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for edge-breaking/deburring.)
- a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
- a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface
verb
- put into a recess
- make a recess in
- To make a recess (noun noun sense 1 and noun sense 1.1) in (something).
- close at the end of a session
- To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
- To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
- (also reflexive) Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.
- (figuratively) To conceal, to hide.
- Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time.
- Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break.
- (informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
noun
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- a small concavity
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- (government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
- (countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
- (Australia, British, Canada, US, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
- (countable, geology) An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
- (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) An obscure, remote, or secret situation.
- (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
- (criminal slang, usually in the plural) The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
- (countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
- (architecture) A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
- (countable, anatomy) An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
noun
- An indentation; a recess.
- (law) A contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.
- (law, often in the plural) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying either of the above contracts.
- (law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
- a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
- a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
- formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
verb
noun
- A recess, cove or hollow.
- (historical) An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.
- A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
- (Homestuck fandom slang, vulgar) The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.
- A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
- a sheltered and secluded place
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
verb
noun
- A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything.
- A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
- (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash.
- The act of indenting or state of being indented.
- (typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
- A measure of the distance from the flush line.
- a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
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verb
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adj
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- (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
- (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
- (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
- (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- (intransitive) To self-isolate.
- (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- set apart from others
- separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
- place or set apart
- obtain in pure form
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adj
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- Specifically, a cremation niche; a columbarium.
- (Islam) An arrow woven into a prayer rug pointing in the direction of qibla.
- (architecture) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.
- (ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
- Any similar position, literal or figurative.
- (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- a position particularly well suited to the person who or organization which occupies it
- a small concavity
- (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
noun
- An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
- (US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
- The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
- A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
- (countable) A tree or shrub of species Laurus nobilis (family Lauraceae), having dark green leaves and berries.
- (uncountable) Mahogany of species Swietenia macrophylla obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
- (rail transport) A bay platform.
- (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
- A horse of this color.
- A bank or dam to keep back water.
- An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
- A bay window.
- (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
- A section of ceiling delineated by supports such as rafters or vaulting ribs.
- A display unit in a shop or store, especially a large metal one
- (figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
- (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
- (uncountable) Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
- A room for editing video footage or physical film.
- the sound of a hound on the scent
- a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
- an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
- a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
- a small recess opening off a larger room
- small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
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- An offshoot.
- The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
- (fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
- An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
- A by-product.
- a product made during the manufacture of something else
noun
- (rare) A levee.
- Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
- (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
- (mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- (mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
- a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
- a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
verb
- (chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
- (transitive) To move with a lever.
- (figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
- (figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
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verb
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- A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
- A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
- A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
- A stamp; an impression.
- an order for goods to be exported or imported
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
verb
- (typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.
- (historical) To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.
- To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
- (intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.
- (transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
- (military, India, Singapore, dated elsewhere) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
- cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
- make a depression into
- notch the edge of or make jagged
- bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
- set in from the margin
noun
- Something that fills up an opening.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
- An excess, too much.
- (British, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.
- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- That which is swallowed.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
verb
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
- (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
- supply with an excess of
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
adj
noun
- Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
- The state of abutting.
- (engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
- (dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
- (architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
- A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
- The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
- (engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
- (engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
- a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
- point of contact between two objects or parts
noun
- A plait.
- (botany) A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
- A similar fold in a filter, lampshade, or various other products.
- (sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
- any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
verb
noun
- Uma spp.
- especially, Lacerta agilis, a lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia.
- Mesalina spp.
- Meroles spp. (desert lizards)
- Pedioplanis spp.
- Heliobolus spp.
- Nucras spp.
- one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
- a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
noun
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
- (chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
- (statistics) A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- (chiefly Cornwall) A thick drizzling rain or driving mist.
- (electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
adj
- (not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
- (comparable, statistics) Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
- (not comparable, geometry) Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
- having an oblique or slanting direction or position
adv
verb
- (statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- (intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- (transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.
- (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- (intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- turn or place at an angle
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- (transitive) To elude.
- (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
- make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
- move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
adj
noun
noun
noun
- An indentation; a recess.
- (law) A contract relating to lending (typically for issuing a bond), a real estate transaction, or a bankruptcy that imposes additional conditions on one or both parties.
- (law, often in the plural) A document, written as duplicates separated by indentations, specifying either of the above contracts.
- (law) A contract which binds a person to work for another, under specified conditions, for a specified time (often as an apprentice).
- a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term
- a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
- formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
verb
noun
- A recess, cove or hollow.
- (historical) An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.
- A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
- (Homestuck fandom slang, vulgar) The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.
- A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
- a sheltered and secluded place
- an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
verb
noun
- A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything.
- A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
- (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash.
- The act of indenting or state of being indented.
- (typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
- A measure of the distance from the flush line.
- a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)
- the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions
- the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
noun
noun
adj
verb
- (transitive) To insulate an electrical component from a source of electricity.
- (transitive) To place in quarantine or isolation.
- (transitive) To set apart or cut off from others.
- (transitive, chemistry) To separate a substance in pure form from a mixture.
- (transitive) To insulate, or make free of external influence.
- (intransitive) To self-isolate.
- (transitive, microbiology) To separate a pure strain of bacteria etc. from a mixed culture.
- set apart from others
- separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
- place or set apart
- obtain in pure form
noun
noun
- An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
- (US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
- The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
- A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
- (countable) A tree or shrub of species Laurus nobilis (family Lauraceae), having dark green leaves and berries.
- (uncountable) Mahogany of species Swietenia macrophylla obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
- (rail transport) A bay platform.
- (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
- A horse of this color.
- A bank or dam to keep back water.
- An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
- A bay window.
- (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
- A section of ceiling delineated by supports such as rafters or vaulting ribs.
- A display unit in a shop or store, especially a large metal one
- (figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
- (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
- (uncountable) Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
- A room for editing video footage or physical film.
- the sound of a hound on the scent
- a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital
- an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
- a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
- a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose
- a small recess opening off a larger room
- small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors
adj
verb
noun
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- An offshoot.
- The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
- (fiction) A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
- An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
- A by-product.
- a product made during the manufacture of something else
noun
- (rare) A levee.
- Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
- (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
- (mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- (mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
- a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
- a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
verb
- (chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
- (transitive) To move with a lever.
- (figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
- (figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
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verb
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- A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
- A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.
- A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
- A stamp; an impression.
- an order for goods to be exported or imported
- the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
verb
- (typography) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "Hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.
- (historical) To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.
- To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
- (intransitive) To be cut, notched, or dented.
- (transitive) To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
- (military, India, Singapore, dated elsewhere) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.
- cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
- make a depression into
- notch the edge of or make jagged
- bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
- set in from the margin
noun
- Something that fills up an opening.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
- An excess, too much.
- (British, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.
- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- That which is swallowed.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
verb
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
- (transitive, economics) To provide (a market) with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand.
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
- supply with an excess of
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
noun
- Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
- The state of abutting.
- (engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
- (dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
- (architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
- A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
- The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
- (engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
- (engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
- a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
- point of contact between two objects or parts
noun
- A plait.
- (botany) A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
- A similar fold in a filter, lampshade, or various other products.
- (sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
- any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
verb
noun
- Uma spp.
- especially, Lacerta agilis, a lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia.
- Mesalina spp.
- Meroles spp. (desert lizards)
- Pedioplanis spp.
- Heliobolus spp.
- Nucras spp.
- one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
- a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
noun
- Something that has an oblique or slanted position.
- An oblique or sideways movement.
- A squint or sidelong glance.
- A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
- (chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
- (statistics) A state of asymmetry in a distribution; skewness.
- (chiefly Cornwall) A thick drizzling rain or driving mist.
- (electronics) A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
- A kind of wooden vane or cowl in a chimney which revolves according to the direction of the wind and prevents smoking.
- (architecture) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place; a skew-corbel.
- A piece of rock lying in a slanting position and tapering upwards which overhangs a working-place in a mine and is liable to fall.
adj
- (not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
- (comparable, statistics) Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean.
- (not comparable, geometry) Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel.
- having an oblique or slanting direction or position
adv
verb
- (statistics) To cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical.
- (intransitive) To look at obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
- (transitive) To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
- (transitive, Northumbria, Yorkshire) To hurl or throw.
- (transitive) To bias or distort in a particular direction.
- (intransitive) To move obliquely; to move sideways, to sidle; to lie obliquely.
- (intransitive) To jump back or sideways in fear or surprise; to shy, as a horse.
- turn or place at an angle
noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
noun
- A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
- The cutter used to cut such a recess. (Also used, at less depth, for edge-breaking/deburring.)
- a bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole
- a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface
verb
- put into a recess
- make a recess in
- To make a recess (noun noun sense 1 and noun sense 1.1) in (something).
- close at the end of a session
- To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
- To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
- (also reflexive) Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.
- (figuratively) To conceal, to hide.
- Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time.
- Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break.
- (informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
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- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- a small concavity
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- (government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
- (countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
- (Australia, British, Canada, US, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
- (countable, geology) An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
- (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) An obscure, remote, or secret situation.
- (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
- (criminal slang, usually in the plural) The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
- (countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
- (architecture) A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
- (countable, anatomy) An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
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- Specifically, a cremation niche; a columbarium.
- (Islam) An arrow woven into a prayer rug pointing in the direction of qibla.
- (architecture) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.
- (ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
- Any similar position, literal or figurative.
- (by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- a position particularly well suited to the person who or organization which occupies it
- a small concavity
- (ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
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- (transitive) To elude.
- (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
- (photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
- make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
- move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course
- avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)