Recovering
noun, verb
noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process or the instance of recovery.
"Fables have their own time island entertainments or fragments of embodied life refractions light and dark recoverings of race and memory passionate elusive by-blows of a richer being."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of recover form-of, gerund, participle, present
"a recovering drug addict"
Adjective
- 1 returning to health after illness or debility wordnet
Example
More examples"The patient was recovering daily."
Etymology
From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing.