RECEDING meaning: Moving back or withdrawing gradually

We found 18 dictionaries that define the word receding:

General (16 matching dictionaries)

receding: Merriam-Webster.com
receding: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
receding: Collins English Dictionary
receding: Vocabulary.com
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receding: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
receding: Wiktionary
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receding: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Receding: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
receding: Rhymezone
Receding: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
receding: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
receding: Free Dictionary
receding: Mnemonic Dictionary
receding: Dictionary/thesaurus

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receding: Legal dictionary

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receding: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (receding)

▸ adjective:  Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing.
▸ adjective:  That recedes.
▸ noun:  The action of something that recedes.
▸ noun:  A recessed part.

Opposite:

advancing

Types:

fading, dwindling, ebbing, waning, declining, more...

Phrases:

receding from, receding hairline, receding hairlines, opposite of receding, receding disappearing, more...

Adjectives:

phonological, more, gradual, universal, less, phonemic, slow, last, earth, phonetic, ever

Colors:

light gray, pale blue, soft lavender, dusty rose, misty teal, more...

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