faded : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: faded	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for faded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faded adj having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun- bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors" Synonym(s): bleached, faded, washed-out, washy reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording" Synonym(s): attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. [bd]Flowers that never fade.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faded \Fad"ed\, a. That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim. [bd]His faded cheek.[b8] --Milton. Where the faded moon Made a dim silver twilight. --Keats.