All 4 Uses of "recede" in "Ceremony, by Silko"

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recede
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Ceremony, by Silko
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Here the dust and heat began to recede; the short grass and stunted corn seemed distant.†
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recede = to move away or diminish (become less)
The sickness had receded into a shadow behind him, something he saw only out of the corners of his eyes, over his shoulder.†
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receded = move away or diminished (became less)
Beer made the feeling recede and slowed down the beating of his heart.†
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recede = to move away or diminish (become less)
At sundown he was lying on the sand at the bottom of the long mesa, feeling the heat recede from the air and from his body into the earth.†
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(1) (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)
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)