convalesce

🇺🇸 /ˌkɑːnvəˈles/ 🇬🇧 /ˌkɒnvəˈles/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to recover health after being sick

After her surgery, she needed to convalesce at home for a month.

translation

v. to recover health after being sick

Word Forms

3rd Present convalesces
Past convalesced
Perfect convalesced
Progressive convalescing