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Definition of Fade

1. Verb. Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly. "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

2. Noun. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer. "He took lessons to cure his slicing"

3. Verb. Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality. "Her bloom was fading"

4. Noun. Gradually ceasing to be visible.

5. Verb. Disappear gradually. "The pain eventually passed off"

6. Verb. Become feeble. "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

Definition of Fade

1. a. Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

2. v. i. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

3. v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.

Definition of Fade

1. Adjective. (archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. ¹

2. Noun. (golf) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw. ¹

3. Noun. A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To cause to fade. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fade

1. to lose color or brightness [v FADED, FADING, FADES] : FADEDLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Fade

1. 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, colour, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in colour. "Flowers that never fade." 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) Origin: OE. Faden, vaden, prob. Fr. Fade,; cf. Prov. D. Vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. Fade, Vade. Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. "Passages that are somewhat fade." "His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous." (De Quincey) Origin: F, prob. Fr. L. Vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fade

faddiest faddily faddish faddishly faddishness faddishnesses faddism faddisms faddist faddists

faddle faddled faddles faddling faddy fade (current term) fade away fade in fade out fade to black

fade to white fadeaway fadeaways faded fadedly fadedness fadednesses fadein fadeins fadeless

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