 fade |
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| 1. | [ verb ] become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly | |
| Synonyms: | melt fade_out | |
| Examples: | "The scene begins to fade" "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" |
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| Related terms: | weaken | |
| 2. | [ verb ] disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example | |
| Synonyms: | pass blow_over fleet pass_off evanesce | |
| Examples: | "The pain eventually passed off" |
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| Related terms: | disappear passing | |
| 3. | [ verb ] lose freshness, vigor, or vitality | |
| Synonyms: | wither | |
| Examples: | "Her bloom was fading" |
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| Related terms: | disappear atrophy | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (sport,golf) a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer | |
| Synonyms: | slice slicing | |
| Examples: | "he took lessons to cure his slicing" |
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| Related terms: | golf_stroke slice | |
| 5. | [ verb ] become feeble | |
| Synonyms: | languish | |
| Examples: | "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" |
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| Related terms: | deteriorate attenuation | |
| 6. | [ noun ] gradually ceasing to be visible | |
| Synonyms: | disappearance | |
| Related terms: | termination vanish | |
| Similar spelling: |
fad fate fahd Faeth faddy fat Fath fado |
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