verb [V]
1 (written) to move gradually away from sb or away from a previous position:
The sound of the truck receded into the distance. * She watched his receding figure.
2 (written) (especially of a problem, feeling or quality) to become gradually weaker or smaller:
The prospect of bankruptcy has now receded (= it is less likely). * The pain was receding slightly.
3 (of hair) to stop growing at the front of the head:
a middle-aged man with receding hair / a receding hairline
4 a ~ chin a chin that slopes backwards towards the neck
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for recede is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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