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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]
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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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Thesaurus Results for fade:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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