All 4 Uses
recede
in
Tangerine, by Edward Bloor
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- But I turned back around anyway, and I looked west down our street at the receding line of black mailboxes.†
p. 2.4 *receding = moving away or diminishing (become less)
- I looked back over my shoulder at the receding Stuart.†
p. 45.2
- We crowded by the doors, and I could see the red taillights of the Manatee bus receding in the rain.†
p. 184.8
- Then, deep breath by deep breath, the rage started to recede.†
p. 262.9recede = to move away or diminish (become less)
Definitions:
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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)