(~s, receding, ~d)
1.
If something ~s from you, it moves away.
Luke’s footsteps ~d into the night...
As she ~d he waved goodbye.
VERB: V prep, V
2.
When something such as a quality, problem, or illness ~s, it becomes weaker, smaller, or less intense.
Just as I started to think that I was never going to get well, the illness began to ~...
VERB: V
3.
If a man’s hair starts to ~, it no longer grows on the front of his head.
...a youngish man with dark hair just beginning to ~...
VERB: V