recede

Definitions

re- (back) + cede (go) = "go back, withdraw." Floodwaters recede, a hairline recedes, a memory recedes. The noun form switches to cess: recession (the economy 'going back').

Common Collocations

• 1.recede into the distance渐渐消失在远处
• 2.floodwaters recede洪水退去
• 3.hairline recedes发际线后移
• 4.recede from memory从记忆中淡去

Example Sentences

• 1.

  As the tide receded, the rocks slowly appeared.

• 2.

  His hairline had begun to recede in his thirties.

• 3.

  The pain gradually receded over the following days.