All 4 Uses of
recede
in
The Pearl
- He looked past his pearl, and he saw that the swelling was going out of the baby's shoulder, the poison was receding from its body.†
Chpt 2
- And he could smell the sharp odour of exposed kelp from the receding tide.
Chpt 4 *receding = retreating (moving away)
- In the pale light he could see the little waves break over her, and her skirt floated about and clung to her legs as the water receded.†
Chpt 5
- The man with the rifle sat down and rested himself, and the trackers squatted near him, and in the evening the points of their cigarettes glowed and receded.†
Chpt 6
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)