recover
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