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receding   (TTS Sound)

The noun receding has 2 senses

• receding, fadeout -- (a slow or gradual disappearance)


• receding, recession -- (the act of becoming more distant)

The verb recede has 3 senses

• withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back -- (pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb")


• fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede -- (retreat)


• recede -- (become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older")

The adj receding has 1 sense

• receding -- ((of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back)