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recedeverb to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallythe sound of sirens receded as the fire engines roared off into the distance abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down)also rachet (down), relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane compress, condense, constrict, contractevaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanishslacken, slow (down)alleviate, relaxflag, sink, weakencave (in), collapse, deflate accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon(also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax appear, emerge, show upblow up, distend, elongate, lengthen to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)after the rain stops, the floodwaters should gradually recede back away, drop back, fall back, pull out, retire, retreat, withdraw flee, flyflinch, recoil, shrinkchicken (out)bow outback down, backpedal, backtrack, climb downdetach, disengage, disentangle, pull awayabandon, depart, evacuate, go, leave, quit, vacate give ground, give way, lose ground advance beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, dare, defy, face, outbrave recede, retreat, retract, back mean to move backward.recede implies a gradual withdrawing from a forward or high fixed point in time or space.the flood waters gradually receded retreat implies withdrawal from a point or position reached.retreating soldiers retract implies drawing back from an extended position.a cat retracting its claws back is used with up, down, out, or off to refer to any retrograde motion.backed off on the throttle in the 15th century |