Receding
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Receding is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of recede.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of recede.
More Meanings
- Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing.
- The action of something that recedes.
- A recessed part.
Example Sentences
a receding hairline
the great overflowings and recedings of the waters
The sombre shadows, cast by those huge houses of which it is composed, and the streams of faint light cutting the darkness here and there, where the entrance to some fantastic alley pierces the sable mass of building—the strange projectings, recedings, and windings […]
Word Forms
- recedings
Synonyms for receding
Depending on context, synonyms include low, recession, retiring, retreating, fadeout.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include retreating, backward, retiring, fadeout, recession, ebb.
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