FADE

fade, disappearance

(noun) gradually ceasing to be visible

slice, fade, slicing

(noun) a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; “he took lessons to cure his slicing”

languish, fade

(verb) become feeble; “The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon”

fade, melt

(verb) become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; “The scene begins to fade”; “The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk”

evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass

(verb) disappear gradually; “The pain eventually passed off”

fade, wither

(verb) lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; “Her bloom was fading”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

fade (comparative fader, superlative fadest)

(archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless.

Synonym: dull

Noun

fade (plural fades)

(golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.

A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.

(slang) A fight.

(music, cinematography) A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).

(slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.

Verb

fade (third-person singular simple present fades, present participle fading, simple past and past participle faded)

(intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

(intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

(intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

(transitive) To cause to fade.

(transitive, gambling) To bet against.

Synonyms

• (grow weak, lose strength): weaken, wither

• (lose freshness, color, or brightness): blanch, bleach

• (sink away): decrease, diminish, wane

Etymology 2

Adjective

fade (comparative fader or more fade, superlative most fade)

(archaic) Strong; bold; doughty.

Anagrams

• Deaf, EDFA, deaf

Source: Wiktionary

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Fade a. Etym: [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.]

Definition: Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] "Passages that are somewhat fade." Jeffrey. His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. De Quincey.

Fade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fading.] Etym: [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. Fade, a., Vade.]

1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. The earth mourneth and fadeth away. Is. xxiv. 4.

2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. "Flowers that never fade." Milton.

3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. The stars shall fade away. Addison He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music. Shak.

Fade, v. t.

Definition: To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. No winter could his laurels fade. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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