prefade verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To give (clothing, etc.) a faded appearance at the time of manufacture.These jeans had very fussy suggestions for upkeep and seemed to prefer that I never wash them again, lest I fade their artistically prefaded denim to a more amateurish color level. — 2009 •To fade (an audio track) before it is broadcast, by listening in advance. noun1 •An audio fade prepared before broadcast. formsprefaded · prefading · prefades