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receding

Rhymes with -iːdɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of recede

adjective more receding · most receding

  1. Going or moving back or further away from a previous position; gradually diminishing. a receding hairline

noun recedings

  1. The action of something that recedes. the great overflowings and recedings of the waters
  2. A recessed part. 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 […]

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@misc{receding_2026,
  title = {receding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/receding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}