fade : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fade	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for fade
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fade n a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" Synonym(s): slice, fade, slicing gradually ceasing to be visible Synonym(s): fade, disappearance v 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" Synonym(s): fade, melt lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading" Synonym(s): fade, wither disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" Synonym(s): evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" Synonym(s): languish, fade
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fade \Fade\a. [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.] Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] [bd]Passages that are somewhat fade.[b8] --Jeffrey. His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous. --De Quincey.
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]:
Fade \Fade\, v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. No winter could his laurels fade. --Dryden.