fade Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
    slicing; slice.
    • he took lessons to cure his slicing
  2. noun gradually ceasing to be visible
    disappearance.
  3. verb become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
    melt.
    • The scene begins to fade
    • The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk
  4. verb lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
    wither.
    • Her bloom was fading
  5. verb disappear gradually
    blow over; pass; evanesce; fleet; pass off.
    • The pain eventually passed off
  6. verb become feeble
    languish.
    • The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon

WordNet

Fade adjective
Etymology
F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.
Definitions
  1. Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. R. "Passages that are somewhat fade." Jeffrey.
    His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. De Quincey.
Fade intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. Fade, a., Vade.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Faded; present participle & verbal noun Fading
Definitions
  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, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. "Flowers that never fade." Milton.
  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.
Fade transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.
    No winter could his laurels fade. Dryden.

Webster 1913