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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fade
    n 1: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed
         golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" [syn:
         slice, fade, slicing]
    2: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: fade,
       disappearance]
    v 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" [syn:
         fade, melt]
    2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
       [syn: fade, wither]
    3: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn:
       evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass]
    4: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in
       the dungeon" [syn: languish, fade]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fade \Fade\a. [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly
   fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.]
   Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] "Passages that
   are somewhat fade." --Jeffrey.
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         His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade
         and ludicrous.                           --De Quincey.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fade \Fade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Fading.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov.
   D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf.
   Fade, a., Vade.]
   1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay;
      to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
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            The earth mourneth and fadeth away.   --Is. xxiv. 4.
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   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.
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   3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to
      vanish.
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            The stars shall fade away.            --Addison
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            He makes a swanlike end,
            Fading in music.                      --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fade \Fade\, v. t.
   To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear
   away.
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         No winter could his laurels fade.        --Dryden.
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