Receding

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Recede \Re*cede"\ (r[-e]*s[=e]d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Receded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Receding}.] [L. recedere,
     recessum; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F.
     rec['e]der. See {Cede}.]
     1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.
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              Like the hollow roar
              Of tides receding from the insulted shore. --Dryden.
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              All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from
              the center.                           --Bentley.
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     2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to
        relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to
        recede from a demand or proposition.
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     Syn: To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw;
          desist.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  receding
       adj 1: moving toward a position farther from the front; "the
              receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs
              revealed the rocky coastline" [syn: {retiring}]
       2: (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back [syn: {receding(a)}]
       n 1: a slow or gradual disappearance [syn: {fadeout}]
       2: the act of becoming more distant [syn: {recession}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "receding":
     declining, diminishing, dwindling, dying, ebbing, fading,
     recedence, recession, retirement, retiring, retractation,
     retractility, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrocedence,
     shrinking, sinking, waning, withdrawal