receding

Meanings

Verb

  • Present participle of recede

Adjective

  • going or moving back or further away from a previous position, gradually diminishing.
  • That recedes

Noun

  • The action of something that recedes; a recessed part.

Related

Narrower meaning words

  • fast-receding
  • fastest-receding

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