recede from

recede from something

to pull back from something. The river receded from its banks during the dry season. I think that my hair is receding from my forehead.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Alpin	-	Scottish
Christophe	krees-TOF	French
Pavlos	-	Greek
Eilert	AY-lert (Swedish)	Frisian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Marijke	MAH-rie-kə	Dutch
Raul	ra-OOL (Portuguese), rah-OOL (Italian)	Portuguese, Italian