fade

¹fade

verb \ˈfād\

fad·edfad·ing

Definition of FADE

intransitive verb

1

: to lose freshness, strength, or vitality : wither <fading flowers>

2

: to lose freshness or brilliance of color

3

: to sink away : vanish <a fading memory>

4

: to change gradually in loudness, strength, or visibility —used of a motion-picture image or of an electronics signal and usually with in or out

5

of an automobile brake : to lose braking power gradually

6

: to move back from the line of scrimmage —used of a quarterback

7

of a ball or shot : to move in a slight to moderate slice

transitive verb

: to cause to fade

— fad·er noun

Examples of FADE

1. The flowers were fading in the vase.
2. the fading light of late afternoon
3. She was fading fast from the effects of the pneumonia.
4. We watched the ship gradually fade from view as it sailed away.
5. The smile faded from his face.
6. Hopes for a quick end of the crisis are fading fast.
7. Their reasons for leaving have faded from memory.
8. He's trying to recapture the faded glory of his youth.
9. The band's popularity has faded in recent years.
10. The fabric will fade unless you protect it from the sunlight.

Origin of FADE

Middle English, from Anglo-French *fader, from fade feeble, insipid, from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, alteration of Latin fatuus fatuous, insipid

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to FADE

Synonyms

dematerialize, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, disappear, flee, fly, go (away), melt, sink, vanish

Antonyms

appear, materialize

Related Words

blank (out), clear, die (away or down or out), disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dry up; blur, dim

Near Antonyms

arrive, break out, come out, emerge, issue, loom, show up

Rhymes with FADE

Ade, aid, aide, blade, braid, cade, clade, glade, grade, jade, lade, made, maid, paid, raid, rayed, shade, spade, stade, staid, suede, trade, wade

²fade

noun

Definition of FADE

1

a : fade-out

b : a gradual changing of one picture to another in a motion-picture or television sequence

2

: a fading of an automobile brake

3

: a slight to moderate and usually intentional slice in golf

4

: a hairstyle similar to a crew cut in which the hair on top of the head stands high

Examples of FADE

1. The movie ends with a fade to black.

First Known Use of FADE

1918

Other Broadcasting Terms

continuity, dissolve, feed, remote, residual, spike, wipe

Rhymes with FADE

bod, clod, Fahd, gaud, god, hod, mod, nod, od, odd, plod, pod, prod, quad, quod, rod, scrod, shod, sod, squad, tod, wad

³fade

adjective \ˈfäd\

Definition of FADE

: insipid, commonplace

Origin of FADE

Middle English, from Anglo-French

First Known Use: 15th century