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Fade

noun
/feɪd/
Word Frequency: 3.5

Definitions

1.nounA golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.
2.nounA haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
3.nounA fight.
4.nounA gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
5.nounThe act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
6.verbTo grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
7.verbTo lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
8.verbTo sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
"The milkman's whistling faded into the distance."
9.verbTo cause to fade.
10.verbTo bet against.
11.adjectiveWeak; insipid; tasteless.

Synonyms

weakenwitherblanchbleachdecreasediminishwanedulllanguishevanescedisappearancepass off

Rhymes With

dismayedaccoladerenegadecascadestaidcharadejadeescapade
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