fade in verb 2noun 1forms 5 verb2 •To fade from black to a visual image in a film or other visual media.Fade in and out of a daydream / Our waking life torn at the seam / I am the match / You're the gasoline — 2024 •To commence with silence in a song and then slowly increase the volume of the music until the intro of the song is over. noun1 •A type of transition used in visual media, in which the transition is at first black, fading to a visual image. formsfaded in · fading in · fades in · fade ins · fade-ins