2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recede \Re*cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Receded}; p. pr & vb
n. {Receding}.] [L. recedere recessum pref. re- re- +
cedere to go to go along: cf F. rec['e]der. See {Cede}.]
1. To move back to retreat; to withdraw.
Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the
instituted shore. --Dryden.
All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from
the center. --Bentley.
2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to
relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as to
recede from a demand or proposition.
Syn: To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw;
desist.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
receding
adj 1: moving toward a position farther from the front; "the
receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs
revealed the rocky coastline" [syn: {retiring}]
2: that are flowing away "the receding waters left muddy
devastation"
3: (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back [syn: {receding(a)}]
n 1: a slow or gradual disappearance [syn: {fadeout}]
2: a act of becoming more distant [syn: {recession}]
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