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Definition of fade

Overview of noun fade

The noun fade has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. slice, fade, slicing

(a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing")

2. fade, disappearance

(gradually ceasing to be visible)

Overview of verb fade

The verb fade has 4 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (6) fade, melt

(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")

2. (4) fade, wither

(lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading")

3. (4) evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass

(disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off")

4. languish, fade

(become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon")