recedes

When the tide recedes, the water in the house drains through pipes into the streets.

During drought, water recedes a bit, but doesn't go away, exposing more root and allowing an increase in oxygen uptake.

As the snowpack recedes, goats are following it to higher elevations.

Grocery prices aren’t likely to fall in the aggregate, McCluskey said, though certain items might get cheaper, such as eggs and chicken once the avian flu pandemic recedes.

Meanwhile, the entorhinal cortex acted like a swimmer in the water who can move up when the wave forms and then down when it recedes.