Synonyms for
Receded
Definition
To move back or away from a previous position.
Synonyms & similar words
Example sentences
- The ocean tide receded, revealing seashells on the sand.
- The car receded into the distance as it drove away.
- He receded into the shadows, hoping not to be seen.
- My headache started to recede after taking medicine.
- The pain in my knee gradually receded as I rested it.
Quotes
'The tide of love flowed quietly back; the swollen heart receded; she knew that life would be as hard to live in as it had been to endure.' - Margaret Mitchell
'In great deeds something abides. On great fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear, but spirits linger, to consecrate ground for the vision-place of souls. And reverent men and women from afar, and generations that know us not and that we know not of, heart-drawn to see where and by whom great things were suffered and done for them, shall come to this deathless field, to ponder and dream; and lo! the shadow of a mighty presence shall wrap them in its bosom, and the power of the vision pass into their souls.' - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
'The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves. It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!' - Samuel Taylor Coleridge