ALL meanings of receding
re·cede
R r - verb without object receding to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw. 1
- verb without object receding to become more distant. 1
- verb without object receding (of a color, form, etc., on a flat surface) to move away or be perceived as moving away from an observer, especially as giving the illusion of space. Compare advance (def 15). 1
- verb without object receding to slope backward: a chin that recedes. 1
- verb without object receding to draw back or withdraw from a conclusion, viewpoint, undertaking, promise, etc. 1
- verb with object receding to cede back; yield or grant to a former possessor. 1
- adjective receding becoming more distant 1
- adjective receding fading, becoming fainter 1
- adjective receding hairline: thinning at the front 1
- adjective receding (of a man's hair) ceasing to grow at the temples and above the forehead 0
- adjective receding sloping backwards 0