What is "recuperating"

Usage examples of "recuperating".

While Forister remained on board as a nominal guard for Fassa, Sev lounged about the public rooms at Summerlands trying to look like a worried friend-or-relative and chatting up the recuperating VIPs.

Her membership at Great Bods had lapsed while she was recuperating, and she hadn’t rejoined.

Well, she added to herself, maybe Sean would announce that some of those recuperating at Big Island would be reporting back for duty, and that would take the burden off the short-manned wings.

The area was taken up by two wards, an operating theatre, recovery room, medical store, dispensary, galley - quite separate from and independent of the crew's galley - cabins for the medical staff, two messes - one for the staff, the other for recuperating patients - and a small lounge.

A rather awkward moment had arisen when Captain Andropolous, a burly, dark-bearded and seemingly intemperate character who had been given one of the empty cabins normally reserved for recuperating patients, objected violently and physically to having his quarters searched: McKinnon, who had no Greek, resolved this impasse by pointing his Colt at the Captain's temple, after which, probably realizing that McKinnon wasn't acting for his own amusement, the Captain had been co-operation itself, even to going to the extent of accompanying the Bo'sun and ordering his crew to open up their possessions for scrutiny.

Or would they take him away from her after all, to finish recuperating in some unknown place?

From the news accounts, Scott would be out of the war for a number of months, recuperating from his wound.

And, although he survived, he needed to spend a year recuperating from his wounds.

I'm locked in here because I planted a story through Nadine that I'm busted up and recuperating at home.