recede
re|cede /rɪs'iːd/ (recedes receding receded)
1 [VERB] V prep, V
If something recedes from you, it moves away.
Luke's footsteps receded into the night...
As she receded he waved goodbye.
2 [VERB] V
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] V
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...
1 [VERB] V prep, V
If something recedes from you, it moves away.
Luke's footsteps receded into the night...
As she receded he waved goodbye.
2 [VERB] V
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] V
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...