recede

[rɪˈsiːd]

Definition:
1. Pull back or move away or backward.
2. Move back and away from.
3. Retreat.
4. Become faint or more distant.

Use 'recede' in a sentence:

1. He gazed after her receding figure.
2. In both states, the waters continued to recede today after a 48-hour halt in the rain, officials said.
3. Where coasts recede because of rising seas, so do the baselines from which such zones are calculated, many scholars say.
4. As the glaciers recede and release stored water, flows will temporarily increase.
5. He was receding obliquely with a curious hurrying gait.
6. Nicklen said that polar bears could face extinction within 50 to 100 years if ice continues to recede.
7. As for US banks, fears receded back in March.
8. Afterwards during the season of subsidence, the water would subside, or recede, revealing a new layer of fertile black silt and allowing for the planting of various crops.
9. She says they have been living in the airport for two days and will not return until the waste-deep waters recede.
10. By May 4, when this image was taken, the rivers had started to slowly recede.
11. The water took so long to recede, and the trees became covered in a cocoon of spiderwebs.
12. Cool colors work best for backgrounds as they appear to recede away from us into the background.
13. The clamor of traffic has receded to a distant murmur.
14. Color is used to create illusion of depth, as red colors seem to come forward while blue seems to recede into the distance.
15. As she receded he waved goodbye.
16. The floodwaters have now receded.
17. His hairline had receded slightly over the years.
18. Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual.
19. The floods began to recede, leaving swamps in their wake.
20. The bartender had a florid face and a receding hairline.
21. The water took so long to recede, the trees became covered in a cocoon of spiderwebs.
22. The car's lights receded into the distance.
23. Once the waters recede, some of the changes are obvious: uprooted trees, damaged property, wrecked roads.
24. If you're ever at the beach and you see the water receding or far away from where it normally is, run.
25. Nature: A Receding Figure in Life of Two Generations.
26. They give priority to relationships, as careers often recede.
27. Water levels began to recede in India's flood-devastated state of Bihar.
28. The floodwaters that have surrounded central Bangkok for the past few weeks started to recede.
29. And the tide that has drowned even the best of Japan's companies will recede to leave the best still standing.
30. The floodwater receded.
31. It has three basic characteristics: model prediction, receding horizontal optimization and feedback correction.
32. Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness.
33. Global warming may cause more frequent floods, but most flood victims go home when the waters recede.
34. These guidelines win him the favor of the gods, allowing him to rule Mesopotamia once the flood waters recede.
35. While it has been firm so far this year, he argues it will fall noticeably later this year as residual seasonal factors recede.
36. Generally, warm colours advance in painting and cold colours recede.
37. Since the total interest costs would fall because of low rates on the eurobonds, the pressure on their budgets would recede.
38. Now that the water is beginning to recede, the question is how do we help with the recovery?
39. The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded.
40. Study on vegetation succession on South Bank of Qinghai Lake after water receding.
41. Though high prices may persist for several more years, the danger of disruption will recede.
42. She gazed affectionately after his receding figure.
43. For a moment, the red walls begin to recede and my image is thrown into relief.
44. Dealers grew concerned over the sliding dollar and receding prospects for economic recovery.
45. Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede.
46. Receding Horizon Optimization under Local Environment for Robot Path Planning.
47. The hills recede into the distance and now we are in vast grasslands dotted with termite mounds, skyscraper sandcastles of the insect world.
48. In short, liquidity should re-emerge and solvency fears recede.
49. To save the receding hairlines, many people have turned to hair transplant surgery.
50. Tax revenues go up, budgets look better, and fears of state bankruptcies recede.
51. Terminal Guidance Law Based on Receding Horizon Control for Homing Missile.
52. The sound of the truck receded into the distance.
53. Receding gums can be the result of disease or simply incorrect brushing.
54. If untreated, the gums recede, become swollen and bleed.
55. The pain was receding slightly.