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Verb: fade  feyd
  1. Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
    "The scene begins to fade";
    - melt
     
  2. Lose freshness, vigour, or vitality
    "Her bloom was fading";
    - wither
     
  3. Disappear gradually
    "The pain eventually faded";
    - evanesce, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
     
  4. Become feeble
    - languish
Noun: fade  feyd
  1. A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
    "he took lessons to cure his fade";
    - slice, slicing
     
  2. Gradually ceasing to be visible
    - disappearance

Derived forms: fading, fades, faded

Type of: conclusion, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, disappear, drop, ending, go away, golf shot, golf stroke, swing, termination, vanish, weaken

Encyclopedia: Fade