Dictionary Entry
recede
recede is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move back; to retreat; to withdraw. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
- 2intransitive verb
To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition.
- 3intransitive verb
To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory.
- 4verb
become faint or more distant
"the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"
- 5verb
retreat
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- 6verb
pull back or move away or backward
"The enemy withdrew"
"The limo pulled away from the curb"
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