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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FADE, a. Weak; slight; faint. [Not in use.]
FADE, v.i.
1. To lose color; to tend from a stronger or brighter color to a more faint shade of the same color, or to lose a color entirely. A green leaf fades and becomes less green or yellow. Those colors are deemed the best, which are least apt to fade.
2. To wither, as a plant; to decay.
Ye shall be as an oak, whose leaf fadeth. Isaiah 1.
3. To lose strength gradually; to vanish.
When the memory is weak, ideas in the mind quickly fade.
4. To lose luster; to grow dim.
The stars shall fade away.
5. To decay; to perish gradually.
We all do fade as a leaf. Isaiah 64.
An inheritance that fadeth not away. 1 Peter 1.
6. To decay; to decline; to become poor and miserable.
The rich man shall fade away in his ways. James 1.
7. To lose strength, health or vigor; to decline; to grow weaker.
8. To disappear gradually; to vanish.
FADE, v.t. To cause to wither; to wear away; to deprive of freshness or vigor.
No winter could his laurels fade.
This is a man, old, wrinkled, faded, withered.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (faded; fading) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French *fader, from fade feeble, insipid, from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, alteration of Latin fatuus fatuous, insipid Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to lose freshness, strength, or vitality ; wither <fading flowers> 2. to lose freshness or brilliance of color 3. to sink away ; vanish <a fading memory> 4. to change gradually in loudness, strength, or visibility — used of a motion-picture image or of an electronics signal and usually with in or out 5. of an automobile brake to lose braking power gradually 6. to move back from the line of scrimmage — used of a quarterback 7. of a ball or shot to move in a slight to moderate slice transitive verb to cause to fade • fader noun II. noun Date: 1918 1. a. fade-out b. a gradual changing of one picture to another in a motion-picture or television sequence 2. a fading of an automobile brake 3. a slight to moderate and usually intentional slice in golf 4. a hairstyle similar to a crew cut in which the hair on top of the head stands high III. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French Date: 15th century insipid, commonplace

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. lose or cause to lose colour. 2 intr. lose freshness or strength; (of flowers etc.) droop, wither. 3 intr. a (of colour, light, etc.) disappear gradually; grow pale or dim. b (of sound) grow faint. 4 intr. (of a feeling etc.) diminish. 5 intr. (foll. by away, out) (of a person etc.) disappear or depart gradually. 6 tr. (foll. by in, out) Cinematog. & Broadcasting a cause (a picture) to come gradually in or out of view on a screen, or to merge into another shot. b make (the sound) more or less audible. 7 intr. (of a radio signal) vary irregularly in intensity. 8 intr. (of a brake) temporarily lose effectiveness. 9 Golf a intr. (of a ball) deviate from a straight course, esp. in a deliberate slice. b tr. cause (a ball) to fade. --n. the action or an instance of fading. Phrases and idioms: do a fade sl. depart. fade away colloq. languish, grow thin. fade-in Cinematog. & Broadcasting the action or an instance of fading in a picture or sound. fade-out 1 colloq. disappearance, death. 2 Cinematog. & Broadcasting the action or an instance of fading out a picture or sound. Derivatives: fadeless adj. fader n. (in sense 6 of v.). Etymology: ME f. OF fader f. fade dull, insipid prob. ult. f. L fatuus silly + vapidus VAPID

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fade Fadea. [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.] Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] ``Passages that are somewhat fade.'' --Jeffrey. His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. --De Quincey.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. The earth mourneth and fadeth away. --Is. xxiv. 4. 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. 3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. The stars shall fade away. --Addison He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fade Fade, v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. No winter could his laurels fade. --Dryden.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fades, fading, faded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When a coloured object fades or when the light fades it, it gradually becomes paler. All colour fades–especially under the impact of direct sunlight... No matter how soft the light is, it still plays havoc, fading carpets and curtains in every room. ...fading portraits of the Queen and Prince Philip. VERB: V, V n, V-ing • faded ...a girl in a faded dress. ...faded painted signs on the sides of some of the buildings. ADJ 2. When light fades, it slowly becomes less bright. When a sound fades, it slowly becomes less loud. Seaton lay on his bed and gazed at the ceiling as the light faded... The sound of the last bomber's engines faded into the distance. VERB: V, V into n 3. When something that you are looking at fades, it slowly becomes less bright or clear until it disappears. They observed the comet for 70 days before it faded from sight... They watched the familiar mountains fade into the darkness. VERB: V from/into n, V from/into n • Fade away means the same as fade. We watched the harbour and then the coastline fade away into the morning mist. PHRASAL VERB: V P into n, also V P 4. If memories, feelings, or possibilities fade, they slowly become less intense or less strong. Sympathy for the rebels, the government claims, is beginning to fade... ...fading memories of better days. VERB: V, V-ing

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

fad (nabhel; maraino): "To fade" is in the Old Testament the translation of nabhel, "to droop or wither," figuratively, "to fade," or "pass way" (Ps 18:45; Isa 1:30; 24:4; 28:1,4; 40:7,8); once it is the translation of balal "to well up," "to overflow"; perhaps from nabhal (Isa 64:6, "We all do fade as a leaf"); in the New Testament of maraino, "to come to wither or to fade away" (Jas 1:11, "So also shall the rich man fade away in his ways," the Revised Version (British and American) "in his goings"); compare The Wisdom of Solomon 28, "Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered" (maraino); amardntinos (amaranth), "unfading," occurs in 1Pe 5:4, "the crown of glory that fadeth not away," and amarantos (1Pe 1:4), "an inheritance .... that fadeth not away"; compare The Wisdom of Solomon 6:12, "Wisdom is glorious (the Revised Version (British and American) "radiant"), and fadeth not away."

For "fade" (Eze 47:12), the Revised Version (British and American) has "wither"; for "fall" "falleth" "falling" (Isa 34:4), "fade," "fadeth," "fading".

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Vanish, disappear, evanesce, pass away, be seen no more. 2. Decline, droop, languish, decay, wither. 3. Lose color, lose lustre, grow dim, blanch, bleach.

Moby Thesaurus

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