0 past simple and past participle of recede
1 to move further away into the distance, or to become less clear or less bright:
Moreover, as among men, this activity largely receded into insignificance with the progression of age (3.2 % for the age group 40 and more).
By contrast, silk-gauze-weaving receded into insignificance with progressing age (2.1 % among those aged 40 and more).
Field and his co-workers visited many glaciers and recorded (using photography) for the first time how they had receded.
As the social prominence of the aristocracy and gentry receded after 1880, so too did their role in defining the nature of the sheepdog trial.
When allografts were rejected, the graft epidermis receded from the borders of the graft so that rejection was easily recognizable.
The monsoon of 2006 was not typical, and the water receded very quickly (see below).
First, flood-water rice cultivation involved the transplanting of seedlings into fresh-water pools, which remained as rivers receded after seasonal flooding.
Still, while partisanship receded in the choice of military leaders, it certainly did not disappear.
