There are no nerves in a hair, so cutting hair is painless. What is the role of an arrector pili muscle? The arrector pili muscles pull the hair (normally slanted) to the upright position (when cold or scared).
Webster Dictionary (4.00 / 1 vote) Rate this definition: Recede (verb) to move back; to retreat; to withdraw. Recede (verb) to withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition. Recede (verb)
Definition of remission for English Language Learners. : 1  a period of time during a serious illness when the patient's health improves. : 2  the act of reducing or canceling the amount of money that you owe. : 3  the reduction of a prison sentence.