Definitions of fade [ɪd]

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Definition of 'fade'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) fade
to lose brightness or vividness of color.

2.  fade
to become dim, as light, or lose brightness of illumination.

3.  fade
to lose freshness, vigor, strength, or health.

4.  fade
to disappear or die gradually (often fol. by away or out):
His anger faded away.

5.  fade
Football. (of an offensive back, esp. a quarterback) to move back toward one's own goal line, usu. with the intent to pass.

6. (v.t.) fade
to cause to fade or fade in or out.

7.  fade
fade in (or out),

8.  fade
(of a film or television image) to appear (or disappear) gradually.

9.  fade
(of a recorded sound) to increase (or decrease) gradually in volume.

10. (n.) fade
an act or instance of fading.

11.  fade
a hairstyle in which the sides of the head are close-cropped and the top hair is shaped into an upright block.

Etymology: (1275–1325; ME, der. of fade pale, dull < AF, OF < VL *fatidus, for L fatuusfatuous)

Definition of 'fade'

Princeton's WordNet

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"

Definition of 'fade'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) fade
to decrease in strength or intensity
The colors in the fabric had faded.; She smiled as her fears faded.

Definition of 'fade'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) fade
weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace

2. (adj) fade
to become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant

3. (adj) fade
to lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color

4. (adj) fade
to sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish

5. (verb) fade
to cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away

Translation of 'fade'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to (make something) lose strength, colour, loudness etc The noise gradually faded (away).
Afrikaans: verbleik, verlep, verwelk	Arabic: يَبْهَت، يَتلاشى، يَذْبُل	Bulgarian: прен. изчезвам
Brazilian: enfraquecer	Czech: zvolna mizet; vyblednout;	German: verschwinden
Danish: blive svagere; falme; for	Greek: εξασθενώ, ξεθωριάζω	Spanish: apagarse, debilitarse
Estonian: kahandama, tuhmuma, rauge	Farsi: از بین رفتن	Finnish: häipyä
French: (s')affaiblir	Hebrew: לִדהוֹת	Hindi: मुरझाना
Croatian: izblijediti, postupno sla	Hungarian: elhalványul; elhalkul	Indonesian: menurun, meredup
Icelandic: fölna, visna; deyja út	Italian: affievolirsi	Japanese: 消えてゆく
Korean: 희미해지다, 바래다	Lithuanian: (iš)blėsti, blukti	Latvian: izbalēt; izzust; izgaist;
Malay: pudar	Dutch: (laten) wegsterven, (late	Norwegian: dø/svinne hen, falme, vis
Polish: zanikać	Persian: از بین رفتن	Pashto: مړاوى كېدل، رژېدل، ويلې ك
Portuguese: enfraquecer	Romanian: a (se) estompa	Russian: вянуть; блёкнуть;затихать
Slovak: slabnúť; blednúť	Slovenian: pojemati	Serbian: izbledeti
Swedish: mattas, tona (dö) bort, f	Thai: เลือน	Turkish: zayıflamak
Taiwanese: 消失，褪色	Ukrainian: вицвітати; завмирати	Urdu: رنگ اڑنا یا اڑا دینا
Vietnamese: phai; nhạt; tan	Chinese: 消失，褪色
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