1. (noun) slice, fade, slicing
a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
"he took lessons to cure his slicing"
2. (verb) fade, disappearance
gradually ceasing to be visible
3. (verb) fade, melt
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"
4. (verb) fade, wither
lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
"Her bloom was fading"
5. (verb) evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
disappear gradually
"The pain eventually passed off"
6. (verb) languish, fade
become feeble
"The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
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