recede
1. pull back or move away or backward (Freq. 4)
- The enemy withdrew
- The limo pulled away from the curb
• Syn:
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, pull back,
retire, move back
• Ant:
advance
• Derivationally related forms:
pullback (for: pull back), receding, withdrawal (for: withdraw)
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
fall back, retrograde, retreat, back up, back off, back down
• Verb Group:
retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish,
crawfish out, pull in one's horns, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
2. retreat
• Syn:
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind
• Ant:
gain (for: fall back)
• Derivationally related forms:
recession, receding
• Hypernyms:
regress, retrograde, retrogress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. become faint or more distant
- the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older
• Derivationally related forms:
recession, receding
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
ebb
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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