recede [rɪsi:d]
1.[VERB] If something recedes from you, it moves away.
¶ Luke's footsteps receded into the night
¶ As she receded he waved goodbye.
2.[VERB] When something such as a quality, problem, or illness recedes, it becomes weaker, smaller, or less intense.
¶ Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to recede
3.[VERB] If a man's hair starts to recede, it no longer grows on the front of his head.
¶ a youngish man with dark hair just beginning to recede
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