'Fading' definitions:
Definition of 'fading'
(from WordNet)
noun
Weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound" [syn: attenuation, fading]
Definition of 'Fading'
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 'Fading'
From: GCIDE
- Fading \Fad"ing\, a. Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n. Loss of color, freshness, or vigor. -- {Fad"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Fad"ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fading'
From: GCIDE
- Fading \Fad"ing\, n. An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. "Fading is a fine jig." [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fading'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatization,
- aging,
- atmospherics,
- blackout,
- blanching,
- blaring,
- blasting,
- bleach,
- bleaching,
- blind spot,
- blocking,
- brittle,
- capricious,
- changeable,
- comedown,
- coming apart,
- corruptible,
- cracking,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- crumbling,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- decadent,
- deciduous,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- declining,
- decoloration,
- decolorization,
- decolorizing,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerate,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- dematerialization,
- demotion,
- departure,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- descent,
- deteriorating,
- deterioration,
- devolution,
- diminishing,
- disappearance,
- disappearing,
- discoloration,
- disintegrating,
- dispersion,
- dissipation,
- dissolution,
- dissolving,
- doting,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- draining,
- drift,
- drooping,
- drop,
- dwindling,
- dying,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- eclipse,
- effete,
- effeteness,
- elimination,
- ephemeral,
- erasure,
- etiolation,
- evanescence,
- evanescent,
- evaporating,
- evaporation,
- extinction,
- fade-out,
- fadeaway,
- fadeout,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- fall,
- falling,
- falling-off,
- fickle,
- flagging,
- fleeting,
- flitting,
- fly-by-night,
- flying,
- fragile,
- fragmenting,
- frail,
- fugacious,
- fugitive,
- getting on,
- going,
- going to pieces,
- growing old,
- impermanent,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- inconstant,
- insubstantial,
- interference,
- involution,
- languishing,
- lapse,
- lightening,
- loss of tone,
- madder bleach,
- marcescent,
- market bleach,
- melting,
- momentary,
- mortal,
- mutable,
- noise,
- nondurable,
- nonpermanent,
- occultation,
- paling,
- passing,
- perishable,
- pining,
- receding,
- reception,
- regression,
- regressive,
- retiring,
- retreating,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrograde,
- retrogression,
- retrogressive,
- senescent,
- short-lived,
- shrinking,
- shriveling,
- sinking,
- sliding,
- slippage,
- slipping,
- slump,
- slumping,
- static,
- subsiding,
- tabetic,
- temporal,
- temporary,
- transient,
- transitive,
- transitory,
- undurable,
- unenduring,
- unstable,
- vanishing,
- vanishing point,
- volatile,
- wane,
- waning,
- wasting,
- whitening,
- wilting,
- wipe,
- withering,
- worsening