FADING

attenuation, fading

(noun) weakening in force or intensity; “attenuation in the volume of the sound”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

fading

present participle of fade.

Noun

fading (plural fadings)

The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.

(obsolete) An Irish dance.

(obsolete) The burden of a song.

Source: Wiktionary


Fad"ing, a.

Definition: Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor.

– n.

Definition: Loss of color, freshness, or vigor.

– Fad"ing*ly, adv.

– Fad"ing*ness, n.

Fad"ing, n.

Definition: An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. "Fading is a fine jig." [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

FADE

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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