Receding

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  • verb. Present participle of recede.
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  • noun. the act of becoming more distant
  • noun. a slow or gradual disappearance
  • adjective. (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
    • Word Usage
    "(By the way, the water is receding from the back garden now - it's gone down at least 4 inches from the photos.)"
    Equivalent
    backward  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disappearance  withdrawal  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Reading  acceding  bleeding  breeding  ceding  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    declining  diminishing  dwindling  dying  ebbing  
    verb-stem
    recede  
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