All 5 Uses of "recede" in "Water for Elephants"

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recede
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I stare at his face, trying to maintain eye contact, but it's difficult because he's zooming away from me, receding to the end of a long black tunnel.†
Chpt 2

receding = moving away or diminishing (become less)
Her mouth is open, her chin receding as though she were snoring.†
Chpt 2 *
When one middle-aged banker with a receding chin, thinning hair, and reedy fingers showed up for dinner one time too many, she heard the doors of her future slamming all around her.†
Chpt 17
The crowd turns, shrieking, and trying to recede into the big top.†
Chpt 22

recede = to move away or diminish (become less)
I follow her outside and sit on the metal platform watching as she recedes into the distance.†
Chpt 23

recedes = moves away or diminishes (becomes less)

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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)