fade

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: sliceslicingdisappearancemeltwitherevanesceblow overpass offfleetpasslanguish

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer“he took lessons to cure his slicing”Synonyms: sliceslicing
  2. gradually ceasing to be visibleSynonyms: disappearance

Verb (4)

  1. 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”Synonyms: melt
  2. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality“Her bloom was fading”Synonyms: wither
  3. disappear gradually“The pain eventually passed off”Synonyms: evanesceblow overpass offfleetpass
  4. become feeble“The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon”Synonyms: languish
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]
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]

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