"precovery" meaning in All languages combined

See precovery on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-precovery.wav Forms: precoveries [plural]
Etymology: Blend of pre- + recovery Etymology templates: {{blend|en|pre-|recovery}} Blend of pre- + recovery Head templates: {{en-noun}} precovery (plural precoveries)
  1. (astronomy) The use of previously gathered data (especially photographic images) to recover a recently discovered object (typically a small solar system body). Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-precovery-en-noun-gmwQJbK1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  2. (slang) The act of resting before a long night, weekend or season of binge drinking. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Drinking
    Sense id: en-precovery-en-noun-zQyY2CZe Disambiguation of Drinking: 19 81 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: precover

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