verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a receding chin (= sloping backwards in an unattractive way )
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Half the boys in my college seemed to have receding chins.
receding (= gradually disappearing, so that it is high on your forehead )
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The man was in his late thirties, and his hair was receding slightly.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
background
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What is misleading is the idea that Mr Bush will be able to recede into the background .
distance
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I stood on the deck, watching the two spires of Dun Laoghaire receding into the distance .
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Note the perspective of clouds and colour in the sky; how the clouds recede in distance nearer to the horizon.
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Hoomey and Nails heard its engine recede into the distance .
hair
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Last year he noticed his light brown hair was receding fast.
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His reddish blond hair receded from his forehead.
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The skin was healthily tanned and the hair thin but not receding , and slicked back from the front.
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Joe stood at five feet, nine inches, and his hair was receding markedly from his forehead.
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His hair is receding , too.
hairline
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The hairline was receding , the eyes were tired.
waters
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As the waters recede , their spawning tunnels can be seen in serried rows in the flood bank.
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No astronomer was needed to tell the populace what operations to perform once the waters had receded .
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Even when the waters recede , the town will count on aid from the World Food Programme for at least three months.
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Until the waters recede , California officials said they can not assess damage.
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After the waters recede , extensive lagoons and marshes are formed as the ground gradually dries out.
■ VERB
begin
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Elsewhere in Northern California the surging rivers that have forced evacuation of more than 100, 000 people began to recede .
seem
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The roses swarmed in the heat-haze, seeming to flow and recede , seeming to peak and slide like waves.
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He seemed to recede into a world of his own.
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In fact, Hugh had seemed to recede further and further into the distance with every step she took.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As the threat of attack receded, village life returned to normal.
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As the threat of nuclear war receded, other things began to worry us.
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Flood waters finally began to recede in November.
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She walked away, her footsteps receding down the hall.
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Since Donald lost his job, the hopes of our buying a house have receded even further.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each image is a complete story often told through a dense, receding picture space.
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In a time of receding income, the income tax reduces itself automatically.
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Once that moment of power recedes, control has to be traded in for speed and nimbleness.
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Peripheral awareness becomes progressively blurred as it recedes from the foveal zone and adjusts to an overall equilibrium.
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There was not even time for sentimental looks backward at the receding coast of the homeland.
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This time the wave didn't recede , this time it built, went on building, higher and higher.