| Front | recede |
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| Back | re‧cede /rɪˈsiːd/ verb [intransitive] 1if something you can see or hear recedes, it gets further and further away until it disappears recede into footsteps receding into the distance 2if a memory, feeling, or possibility recedes, it gradually goes away: The pain in his head gradually receded. 3if water recedes, it moves back from an area that it was covering: The flood waters finally began to recede in November. 4if your hair recedes, you gradually lose the hair at the front of your head: He was in his mid-forties, with a receding hairline. 5receding chin a chin that slopes backwards |
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