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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
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
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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