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Meaning of recede

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  recede
      v 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}, {recede}, {pull back},
           {retire}, {move back}] [ant: {advance}, {go on}, {march
           on}, {move on}, {pass on}, {progress}]
      2: retreat [syn: {fall back}, {lose}, {drop off}, {fall behind},
         {recede}] [ant: {advance}, {gain}, {gain ground}, {get
         ahead}, {make headway}, {pull ahead}, {win}]
      3: become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her
         childhood receded as she grew older"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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