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receding::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | fadeout |
| Type of | disappearance |
| Derivation | recede |
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | recession |
| Type of | withdrawal |
| Derivation | recede |
receding::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of receding
receding
All I can see is a fast-receding coastline and some seething, mountainous waves.
From the telegraph.co.uk
What is concerning is that sea ice is not just receding but it is also thinning.
From the sciencedaily.com
At North Cascades Glaciers are receding and alpline lakes are becoming polluted.
From the thenewstribune.com
After failing to keep water out, he feared it will keep in receding floodwaters.
From the newsobserver.com
Moreover, the risks of population decrease linked to Aids appear to be receding.
From the sciencedaily.com
Many receding perennials can look stunning when the chlorophyll is sent packing.
From the washingtonpost.com
A change in GRACE data can signify a change in mass, such as a receding glacier.
From the sciencedaily.com
Half of one house was found lodged in a bridge, 20 ft. above the receding water.
From the time.com
The Tolt River also flooded at Carnation, but was receding by Thursday evening.
From the thenewstribune.com
- Withdraw: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
- Fall back: retreat
- Become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"
- (receding) a slow or gradual disappearance
- Receding(a): (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
- (receding) the act of becoming more distant
- To move back, to move away; to take back
- (receding) (of a man's hair) cease to grow at the temples and above the forehead. "My hair was receding and streaked with gray, and lately I'd traced little crow's-feet etched around the corners of my eyes" (227).
- (Receding) (Cool) Colors: Green including Yellow/Green and Blue Green; Blues including Blue/Green and Blue/Violet and Violet, including Blue/Violet.
