receding
Pulling away gradually
Receding describes something moving back or away from a point of reference.
A receding hairline gradually withdraws from the forehead.
Receding floodwaters retreat after cresting.
The Doppler effect makes receding objects sound lower in pitch.
Receding can also describe something diminishing: receding hopes, receding memories.
The word implies gradual withdrawal rather than sudden departure.
Cease to be visible
dissipate · dissolve · evaporate · distant · memory · fading · ghostly · indistinct
Losing hair progressively
- thinningReducing density or number
- foreheadFace above eyebrows
- templesHoly places or head sides
- scalpSkin covering skull
crown · follicles · baldness · alopecia · transplant · minoxidil · finasteride · propecia
Decrease gradually over time
subside · fade · shrink · taper · decrease · contract · atrophy · abate
vanish
Cease to be visible
pale · dissipate · dissolve · evaporate · distant · memory · fading · ghostly · indistinct · hazy
balding
Losing hair progressively
scalp · crown · follicles · baldness · alopecia · transplant · minoxidil · finasteride · propecia · wig
dwindle
Decrease gradually over time
lessen · subside · fade · shrink · taper · decrease · contract · atrophy · abate · weaken
retreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- pullbackWithdrawal or reduction
- fallbackAlternative if primary fails
- disengageBreak free from attachment
retire · evacuate · withdrawal · backpedal · recoil · yielding · abandon · departure · exodus · surrender
ebb
Gradual retreat seaward
- neapTide of least range
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- intertidalZone between high and low watermarks
mudflat · sandbar · estuary · tidepool · exposed · coastal · littoral · flotsam · seabed · waterline
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- baldnessbald, baldness, balding, bald spot, bald patch
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- gradual declinefading, waning, dwindling, diminishing, ebbing
- receding hairlineHair pulling back from forehead
- receding gumsTissue withdrawing from teeth
- receding chinUnderdeveloped lower jaw
- receding watersFlow moving away
recess, succeed, proceed, recession, recede, exceed, precede, concede, concession