recover

(noun, verb)

noun

1. (obsolete) Recovery. [14th-17thc.]

2. (military) A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.

verb

1. get or find back; recover the use of

Similar word(s): find, regain, retrieve

Definition categories: possession, acquire, get

2. get over an illness or shock

- The patient is recuperating

Similar word(s): convalesce, recuperate

Definition categories: body, ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate

3. regain a former condition after a financial loss

- We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90

- The company managed to recuperate

Similar word(s): recuperate

Definition categories: change, regress, retrovert, return, revert

4. regain or make up for

- recuperate one's losses

Similar word(s): recoup, recuperate

Definition categories: possession, acquire, get

5. reuse (materials from waste products)

Similar word(s): reclaim

Definition categories: possession, recycle, reprocess, reuse

6. cover anew

- recover a chair

Definition categories: contact, cover

Sentences with recover as a verb:

- After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.

- At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.

- to recover lost time

- To the end of his days, he never fully recovered his daughter's death.

- I was hurt, but I knew I'd recover, given time.

- Spinning round, he caught a stone with his ankle, but recovered quickly before turning to face me.

- The plaintiff has recovered in his suit.

- to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law

- to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery

- to recover judgement against a defendant