Dictionary entry details
• RECEDE (verb)
Meaning:
Pull back or move away or backward
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retreat; withdraw; retire
Context examples:
The enemy withdrew / The limo pulled away from the curb
Hypernyms (to "recede" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recede"):
fall back; recede; retire (move back and away from)
back down; back off; back up (move backwards from a certain position)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Move back and away from
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
recede; fall back; retire
Context example:
The enemy fell back
Hypernyms (to "recede" is one way to...):
draw back; move back; pull away; pull back; recede; retire; retreat; withdraw (pull back or move away or backward)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recede"):
ebb; ebb away; ebb down; ebb off; ebb out (flow back or recede)
retreat; retrograde (move back)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
advance (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Meaning:
Retreat
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
fall behind; recede; drop off; fall back; lose
Hypernyms (to "recede" is one way to...):
regress; retrograde; retrogress (get worse or fall back to a previous condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Become faint or more distant
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older
Hypernyms (to "recede" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recede"):
ebb (fall away or decline)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
