Sekirov Dictionary

fade

/feɪd/

verb 6
noun 5
adjective 2
forms 8
phrases 4

verb6

To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
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To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
- The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.
To cause to fade.
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To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
- The earth mourneth and fadeth away. — 1611
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To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
- The Golden Bear faded the ball from left to right with great consistency, so he seldom had to worry about trouble on the left. — 2011
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To bet against (someone).
- I tried to get some bets that y'all were fixin' to get married but nobody would fade me. — 2016

noun5

A 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).
A 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.
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A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
- If you confine yourself to hitting straight shots while you are developing your golf swing, you are less likely to develop a preference for hitting a fade or a draw. — 2011
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(slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
- Ace could have done a fade. Instead, he gathered all his courage — which was not inconsiderable, even in his middle age — and went to see the Flying Corson Brothers. — 1991
(slang) A fight.

adjective2

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(no longer used) Weak; insipid; tasteless.
- Passages that are somewhat fade. — 1825
(no longer used) Strong; bold; doughty.

forms

faded · fading · fades · fadeth · fader · more fade · fadest · most fade

Phrases with fade

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