'Fade' definitions:

Definition of 'fade'

(from WordNet)
noun
A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" [syn: slice, fade, slicing]
noun
Gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: fade, disappearance]
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" [syn: fade, melt]
verb
Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading" [syn: fade, wither]
verb
Disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn: evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass]
verb
Become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" [syn: languish, fade]

Definition of 'Fade'

From: GCIDE
  • Fade \Fade\a. [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.] Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] "Passages that are somewhat fade." --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
  • His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fade'

From: GCIDE
  • Fade \Fade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fading.] [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. [1913 Webster]
  • The earth mourneth and fadeth away. --Is. xxiv. 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. [1913 Webster]
  • The stars shall fade away. --Addison [1913 Webster]
  • He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fade'

From: GCIDE
  • Fade \Fade\, v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. [1913 Webster]
  • No winter could his laurels fade. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fade'

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