recede   (Sound)

The verb recede has 3 senses

• withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back -- (pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb")


• fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede -- (retreat)


• recede -- (become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older")