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(re-cede) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to move back or away from something.

Example Sentence

The tide will slowly recede.

More Example Sentences

The water will recede after the rain.

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Rhymes

  • bead
  • bede
  • beede
  • bleed
  • brede
  • breed
  • cede
  • creed
  • dede
  • deed
  • diede
  • eade
  • ede
  • fede
  • feed
  • frede
  • freed
  • freid
  • fried
  • friede
  • gaede
  • grede
  • greed
  • he'd
  • heed
  • keyed
  • knead
  • kneed
  • lead
  • leed
  • mead
  • meade
  • nead
  • need
  • nied
  • peed
  • plead
  • read
  • reed
  • reid
  • ried
  • riede
  • schmead
  • schwede
  • screed
  • seed
  • she'd
  • skied
  • smead
  • snead
  • sneed
  • speed
  • steed
  • streed
  • swede
  • teed
  • thede
  • thiede
  • tiede
  • tweed
  • we'd
  • weed
  • wied
  • wrede

  • accede
  • agreed
  • aidid
  • concede
  • decreed
  • degreed
  • elide
  • exceed
  • gilead
  • hadid
  • hamid
  • impede
  • indeed
  • laclede
  • lipide
  • misdeed
  • mislead
  • misread
  • omead
  • precede
  • proceed
  • rasheed
  • rashid
  • recede
  • reread
  • reseed
  • saeed
  • secede
  • shaheed
  • stampede
  • succeed
  • vahid
  • wahid
  • waleed
  • walid

  • alwaleed
  • aristede
  • aristide
  • disagreed
  • guaranteed
  • intercede
  • overfeed
  • supersede
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