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recede Verb [-ceding, -ceded] 1. to withdraw from a point or limit: the tide had receded 2. to become more distant: the threat of intervention had receded 3. (of a man's hair) to stop growing at the temples and above the forehead 4. to slope backwards: a receding chin [Latin recedere to go back]
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recede Translations recede [rɪˈsiːd] vi (tide) → zurückgehen; (lights etc) → verschwinden; (memory, hope) → schwinden; his hair is beginning to recede → er bekommt eine Stirnglatze v recede [riˈsiːd] 1 to go or move back When the rain stopped, the floods receded; His hair is receding from his forehead. trek terug يَنْحَسِر оттеглям се ustoupit trække sig tilbage; forsvinde zurückgehen υποχωρώ recular, retroceder taanduma عقب رفتن؛ فروکش کرددن vetäytyä reculer לַסֶגֶת पीछे हटना smanji(va)ti se, opadati (voda) visszahúzódik mereda hopa, færast aftur, réna ritirarsi; ricadere su 後退する 물러나다 (at)slūgti, slinkti, trauktis atkāpties undur terugwijken trekke seg tilbake, synke, vike ustępować, cofać się retroceder a se retrage, a cădea отступать; редеть ustúpiť umikati se povući se gå tillbaka, försvinna ถอยหลัง geri çekilmek 退回,後退 відступати; ретируватися پیچھے ہٹنا lùi lại; hớt ra sau trán 退回,后退 2 to become distant The coast receded behind us as we sailed away. is agtergelaat يَتَراجَع، يَبْتَعِد الى الوَراء губя се vzdalovat se forsvinde; fortone sig verschwinden απομακρύνομαι retroceder, alejarse kaugenema دور شدن؛ پس رفتن häipyä näkyvistä s'éloigner לְהִתרַחֵק दूर होना gubiti se s vida, polako se udaljivati eltávolodik menjauh fjarlægjast allontanarsi 遠ざかる 멀어지다 tolti attālināties surut terugwijken vike oddalać się afastar-se a se îndepărta удаляться vzďaľovať sa oddaljiti se povući se avlägsna sig ห่างออก uzaklaşmak 漸遠 віддалятися بہت دور ہو جانا lùi xa 渐远 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I shall see a straight line DAE, in which the middle point (A) will be very bright because it is nearest to me; but on either side the line will shade away RAPIDLY INTO DIMNESS, because the sides AC and AB RECEDE RAPIDLY INTO THE FOG and what appear to me as the Merchant's extremities, viz. In proportion as we recede from the earth the action of gravitation diminishes in the inverse ratio of the square of the distance; that is to say, At the crotch or junction, these flukes slightly overlap, then sideways recede from each other like wings, leaving a wide vacancy between. |
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