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Meanings of recede in English

Portuguese
recuar
Catalan
allunyar-se

Pull back or move away or backward.

recuar
Spanish
perder

Retreat.

perder
Usage of recede in English
1
A single breaker may recede; but the tide is evidently coming in.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
2
They seem to approach and recede, attack and decay as you look.
The Guardian
3
A month later, her tumors began to recede at an astonishing rate.
The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
4
The sounds now grew nearer; then once more they appeared to recede.
In the Eastern Seas
5
After a moment, the Gardener drops the long probe, the waters recede.
Chinatown
6
The extent of the damage will not be known until floodwaters recede.
Reuters
7
The headache might recede for now, but the tide would return soon.
Sisterhood of Dune
8
Maybe wearing masks and sheltering in place will make the virus recede.
The new yorker
9
Words and worlds recede and Judy falls back against the pillows, exhausted.
Black house
10
Adele nodded and watched the ragged line of men recede behind her.
Transgression: a novel of love and war
11
When it does recede, you may need to watch out for overindulging.
The South African
12
Nature has reclaimed her rights, and the forefathers recede before the son.
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Volume 18
13
The thunder of footsteps behind her did not recede in the least.
Artemis Fowl: the time paradox
14
The dominance of the cash buyer is beginning to recede -dramatically.
The Irish Times
15
I watched him recede into the Channel mists and thought, another madman.
Greener Than You Think
16
All day the gleaming lake beckoned them onward, and seemed to recede.
The Last of the Plainsmen
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