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    fade
    [fād]
    verb
    fade (verb) · fades (third person present) · faded (past tense) · faded (past participle) · fading (present participle)
    1. gradually grow faint and disappear:
      "hopes of peace had faded"
      • lose or cause to lose color or brightness:
        "his fair hair had faded to a dusty gray" · "faded jeans"
      • (of a flower) lose freshness and wither.
      • (of a racehorse, runner, etc.) lose strength or drop back, especially after a promising start:
        "she faded near the finish"
      • (of a radio signal) gradually lose intensity:
        "the signal faded away"
      • (of a vehicle brake) become temporarily less efficient as a result of frictional heating:
        "the brakes faded, needing a firmer push to bring the car to halt"
    2. (with reference to film and television images) come or cause to come gradually into or out of view, or to merge into another shot:
      "fade into scenes of rooms strewn with festive remains" · "some shots have to be faded in"
      • (with reference to recorded sound) increase or decrease in volume or merge into another recording:
        "they let you edit the digital data, making it fade in and out" · "fade up natural sound"
    3. golf
      (of the ball) deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left), typically as a result of spin given to the ball:
      "the ball faded toward an area left of the green"
      • (of a golfer) cause (the ball) to deviate. Compare with draw.
        "he had to fade the ball around a light pole"
    4. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      informal
      (in craps) match the bet of (another player):
      "Lovejoy faded him for twenty-five cents"
    noun
    fade (noun) · fades (plural noun)
    1. the process of becoming less bright:
      "the sun can cause color-fade"
      • an act of causing a film or television picture to darken and disappear gradually. Compare with fade-out.
        "a fade to black would bring the sequence to a close"
    2. golf
      a shot causing the ball to deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left), usually purposely:
      "when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade"
      • american football
        a pass thrown so that the ball descends directly over the receiver's shoulder, especially as they veer toward the sideline:
        "shortly after receiving the snap, he threw a fade to Crabtree" · "he scores on a beautiful fade pass to the back of the end zone"
    3. a haircut in which the hair is left long on top of the head but cropped close to the sides and back with the length of hair gradually decreasing:
      "a fade is extremely versatile and can be adjusted to different hair types and lengths"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘grow weak’): from Old French fader, from fade ‘dull, insipid’, probably based on a blend of Latin fatuus ‘silly, insipid’ and vapidus ‘vapid’.
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    1. gradually grow faint and disappear:
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  1. Fade is a verb that means123:
    • To become or make something become paler or less bright.
    • To lose brightness or vividness of color.
    • To become dim, as light, or lose brightness of illumination.
    • To disappear or die gradually.
    • In movies and television, to appear gradually, especially by becoming lighter.
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    Definition of fade verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [intransitive, transitive] to become or to make something become paler or less bright The curtains had faded in the sun. fade from something All colour had faded from the sky. fade something The sun had faded the curtains.
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    fade (fād), v., fad•ed, fad•ing, n. to lose brightness or vividness of color. to become dim, as light, or lose brightness of illumination. to lose freshness, vigor, strength, or health: The tulips have faded. to disappear or die gradually (often fol. by away or out): His anger faded away.
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    to lose brightness or vividness of color. to become dim, as light, or lose brightness of illumination. The tulips have faded. His anger faded away. Movies, Television. to appear gradually, especially by becoming lighter (usually followed by in ).
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