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receding

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re·cede 1  (r-sd)
intr.v. re·ced·ed, re·ced·ing, re·cedes
1. To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark: waited for the floodwaters to recede.
2. To slope backward.
3. To become or seem to become fainter or more distant: Eventually, my unhappy memories of the place receded.
4. To withdraw or retreat.

[Middle English receden, from Old French receder, from Latin recdere : re-, re- + cdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: recede1, ebb, retract, retreat, retrograde
These verbs mean to move backward: a hairline that had receded; waters that ebb at low tide; a turtle that retracted into its shell; an army that retreated to avoid defeat; academic standards that have retrograded.
Antonym: advance

re·cede 2  (r-sd)
tr.v. re·ced·ed, re·ced·ing, re·cedes
To yield or grant to one formerly in possession; cede (something) back.

[re- + cede.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.recedingreceding - a slow or gradual disappearance      
disappearance - the event of passing out of sight
2.receding - the act of becoming more distant
withdrawal - the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"
Adj.1.receding - (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
backward - directed or facing toward the back or rear; "a backward view"
Translations
receding [rɪˈsiːdɪŋ]
A. ADJ [prospect] → que va disminuyendo; [tide] → que va bajando; [forehead] → huidizo, achatado; [chin] → (hundida)hacia atrás
B. CPD receding hairline Nentradas fpl
receding [rɪˈsiːdɪŋ] adj [forehead, chin] → fuyant(e)
receding hairline → front m dégarni
receding
adj chin, foreheadfliehend; hairlinezurückweichend; hairzurückweichend, dünn; receding gumsZahnfleischschwund m
receding [rɪˈsiːdɪŋ] adj (forehead, chin) → sfuggente
he's got a receding hairline → è stempiato
receding [rɪˈsiːdɪŋ] adj (forehead, chin) → sfuggente
he's got a receding hairline → è stempiato


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The head of the family sat in the foreground, and beyond him extended a sharply receding and diminishing row of sons; facing him sat his wife, and beyond her extended a low row of diminishing daughters.
The shores of the ancient seas were dotted with just such cities, and lesser ones, in diminishing numbers, were to be found converging toward the center of the oceans, as the people had found it necessary to follow the receding waters until necessity had forced upon them their ultimate salvation, the so-called Martian canals.
And the sailing of any vessel afloat is an art whose fine form seems already receding from us on its way to the overshadowed Valley of Oblivion.
 
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