All 6 Uses of
recede
in
Gone with the Wind
- Pork, tiptoeing, reached the ring in the chain and drew the lamp slowly down until the table top was brightly bathed in light and the ceiling receded into shadows.†
Chpt 1.4
- Before this new emotion, Honey receded into a dim haze.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- The world outside receded before the demands of empty and half-empty stomachs and life resolved itself into two related thoughts, food and how to get it.†
Chpt 3.25
- When he came back and sat down beside her, his dark eyes alertly searching her face, the pall of death receded before the vitality he radiated and the room seemed pleasant and homelike again, the lamps rosy and warm.†
Chpt 4.47
- Between the brandy which was smoothing out the harsh contours of remorse and Rhett's mocking but comforting words, the pale specter of Frank was receding into shadows.†
Chpt 4.47
- Death and fear receded gently as Melanie took her hand and laid it quietly against her cool cheek.†
Chpt 5.56
Definition:
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(recede) to move away or diminish (become less)The exact meaning of recede depends upon its context. For example:
- "We can't move back in until the floodwaters recede." -- diminish and move away
- "Her fear receded." -- diminished
- "The waves first advance and then recede." -- move away
- "The news story receded into the background as it was replaced by new stories." -- received diminished attention
- "a receding hairline" -- diminished hair (each year the line where hair stops growing is higher on the forehead)
- "She has a receding chin." -- sloping back (as contrasted to sticking out)