 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recede
verb
1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
"The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: {withdraw}, {retreat},
{pull away}, {draw back}, {pull back}, {retire}, {move
back}]
2: move back and away from; "The enemy fell back" [syn: {fall
back}, {retire}] [ant: {advance}]
3: retreat [syn: {fall back}, {lose}, {drop off}, {fall behind}]
[ant: {gain}]
4: become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her
childhood receded as she grew older"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recede \Re*cede"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]d"), verb (used without an object) [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 insulted 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recede \Re*cede"\ (r[=e]*s[=e]d"), verb (used with an object) [Pref. re- + cede. Cf.
{Recede}, verb (used without an object)]
To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor;
as, to recede conquered territory.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "recede":
abate, back, back up, backslide, bate, close, cock, decline,
depart, die away, diminish, drain, drift away, dwindle, ebb, fade,
fade away, fall astern, fall back, fall behind, get behind, go,
go away, go backwards, go behind, jerk back, lapse, lessen,
lose ground, move away, move off, pull away, pull back, recidivate,
regress, relapse, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede, retroflex,
retrograde, retrogress, return, revert, shrink, sink, slip back,
stand off, subside, taper, wane, widen the distance, withdraw
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