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fade

UK/feɪd/ US/fæɪd/ fairly common slang
verb (4) noun (2)

verb

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”
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2.

lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

  • “Her bloom was fading”
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3.

disappear gradually

  • “The pain eventually passed off”
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4.

become feeble

  • “The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon”
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noun

1.

a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

  • “he took lessons to cure his slicing”
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2.

gradually ceasing to be visible

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Origin

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

Phrases

  • beauty fades, dumb is forever
  • brain fade
  • brake fade
  • Brooklyn fade
  • catch a fade
  • color fade
  • drop fade
  • fade away
  • fade in
  • fade out
  • fade time
  • fade to black

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