fade

fade
verb
1》 gradually grow faint and disappear.
    ↘lose or cause to lose colour.
2》 lose strength or vigour.
3》 (with reference to film and television images) come or cause to come gradually into or out of view, or to merge into another shot.
    ↘(with reference to recorded sound) increase or decrease in volume or merge into another recording.
4》 Golf (of the ball) deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left), typically as a result of spin.
noun
1》 an act or instance of fading.
2》 Golf a shot causing the ball to fade.
Derivatives
fadeless adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. fader, from fade 'dull, insipid', prob. based on a blend of L. fatuus 'silly' and vapidus 'vapid'.

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  • fade — [feıd] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: fader, from Latin fatuus; FATUOUS] 1.) also fade away to gradually disappear ▪ Hopes of a peace settlement are beginning to fade. ▪ Over the years her beauty had faded a little. 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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