Receded Recede Receding Back Position Verb Backward Move

re·cede

I

\\ri-ˈsēd\\ intransitive verb
(re·ced·ed ; re·ced·ing)1.
  a. to move back or away :

withdraw

      a receding hairline
  b. to slant backward
2. to grow less or smaller :

diminish

,

decrease

    a receding deficit
Synonyms.
  , , , mean to move backward. implies a gradual withdrawing from a forward or high fixed point in time or space
      the flood waters gradually receded
   implies withdrawal from a point or position reached
      retreating soldiers
   implies drawing back from an extended position
      a cat retracting its claws
   is used with up, down, out, or off to refer to any retrograde motion
      backed off on the throttle

II

\\(ˌ)rē-ˈsēd\\ transitive verb: to cede back to a former possessor

recede
  1480, from M.Fr. receder, from L. recedere "to go back, withdraw," from re- "back" + cedere "to go" (see cede).

recede
re·cede / ri5si:d / verb [V]
1. to move gradually away from sb or away from a previous position
   逐渐远离；渐渐远去:
   The sound of the truck receded into the distance.
   卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。
   She watched his receding figure.
   她看着他的身影渐渐远去。
2. (especially of a problem, feeling or quality 尤指问题、感情或品质) to become gradually weaker or smaller
   逐渐减弱；慢慢变小:
   The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded (= it is less likely).
   破产的可能性现已减少了。
   The pain was receding slightly.
   疼痛正在一点一点地减弱。
3. (of hair 头发) to stop growing at the front of the head
   (头顶前部)头发停止生长,变秃:
   a middle-aged man with receding hair / a receding hairline
   发际后移的中年男子
4. a ~ chin a chin that slopes backwards towards the neck
   向后缩的下巴

re·cede
I. \rə̇ˈsēd, rēˈ-\ intransitive verb
Etymology: Latin recedere to go back, withdraw, from re- + cedere to go — more at
1. archaic : , — usually used with from
2. : to go away :
 < watched the August days recede — Francis Russell >
 < had drooped in his chair after dinner, and the accumulation of ninety years had receded abruptly into history — Victoria Sackville-West >
3.
 a. : to move back or away : fall or draw back to a more distant line or position :
  < the tide, having risen to its highest, was receding — Arnold Bennett >
  < a hairline receding almost visibly — Leslie Waller >
  < far too self-willed to recede from a position — Thomas Hardy >
 b.
  (1) : to extend farther back : lie more remote
   < south of the town the river not only spreads out, but the hills recede — Sherwood Anderson >
  (2) : to slant backward
   < a receding forehead >
4.
 a. : to withdraw wholly (as from an agreement or promise)
  < once he had given his word, he could not recede >
  < receded from the bargain he had made >
 b. : to deviate in some degree (as from a principle, belief, position)
  < a height of devotion to human liberties from which she has never receded — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink >
  < define a position from which he never receded — Stanislaus Joyce >
 c. : to withdraw opposition to an amendment passed by the other house of a bicameral legislature
5.
 a. : to grow less : , ,
  < some feared that employment might recede to as few as 14,000 employees — New York Times >
  < colleges will recede in their public importance — R.W.Emerson >
 b. : to fall to a lower level :
  < demand in general eased and prices receded for practically all types of skins — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) >
6. of a color : to seem to go away from the viewer
 < light colors recede >
— contrasted with advance
Synonyms:
 , , , : is applied to withdrawing or going backward, sometimes slowly and gradually, from some fixed or definite forward or high point or position
  < the flood waters receded >
  < the frontier soon receded before the ax and plow — American Guide Series: Texas >
  < west coast lay opinion receded somewhat from its previous intransigent attitude — Americana Annual >
  often applies to a drawing back or withdrawing induced by uncertainty, danger, fear, or superior opposing force or other agency exciting pressure
  < the outnumbered troops retreated before the enemy >
  < have been forced to retreat, for the earliest tabulations produced patterns too complex to be handled or understood — W.O.Aydelotte >
  < educational theory and practice have retreated into cultural parochialism — Douglas Bush >
  applies to movement backward in contrast to expected forward movement, to reversion or going backward rather than progressing
  < where one man advances, hundreds retrograde — T.L.Peacock >
  < he had progressed, and he could never, by any possibility, afford to retrograde — P.B.Kyne >
  indicates a drawing backward or inward from an outer, exposed, prominent, or more apparent position
  < a cat retracting its claws >
  < retracted the platoons on the left flank >
  may refer to any backward or reversed motion or, especially with down, to a receding or retreating
  < back a car >
  < water backing up in the pipes >
  < back down and accept defeat >
II. \(ˈ)rē+\ transitive verb
Etymology: re- + cede

: to cede back : grant or yield again to a former possessor