intransitive verb. To lose brightness, loudness, or brilliance gradually.

intransitive verb. To lose freshness; wither.

intransitive verb. To lose strength or vitality; wane.

intransitive verb. To disappear gradually; vanish: synonym: disappear.

intransitive verb. To swerve from a straight course, especially in the direction of a slice.

intransitive verb. To move back from the line of scrimmage. Used of a quarterback.

intransitive verb. To cause to lose brightness, freshness, or strength.

intransitive verb. To hit (a golf ball, for instance) with a moderate, usually controlled slice.

intransitive verb. To meet the bet of (an opposing player) in dice.

noun. The act of fading.

noun. A gradual dimming or increase in the brightness or loudness of a light source or audio signal.

noun. A transition in a cinematic work or slide presentation in which the image gradually appears on or disappears from a blank screen.

noun. A moderate, usually controlled slice, as in golf.

noun. A control mechanism on a stereo that adjusts the distribution of power between the front and rear channels.

phrasal verb. To appear or cause to appear gradually from silence or darkness, especially as a transition in a cinematic work, audio recording, or performance.

phrasal verb. To diminish gradually to silence or darkness, especially as a transition in a cinematic work, audio recording, or performance.

Strong; bold; doughty.

Pale; wan; faded.

Withered; faded, as a plant.

Insipid; tasteless; uninteresting.

To become pale or wan; lose freshness, color, brightness, or distinctness; tend from a stronger or brighter color to a more faint shade of the same color, or from visibleness to invisibility; become weak in hue or tint or in outline; have the distinctive or characteristic features disappear gradually; grow dim or indistinct to the sight.

To wither, as a plant; in general, to gradually lose strength, health, or vigor; decay; perish or disappear gradually.

Synonyms To droop, languish.

To cause to lose brightness or freshness of color; cause to lose distinctness to the sight.

To cause to wither; wear away; deprive of freshness or vigor.

intransitive verb. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

intransitive verb. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

intransitive verb. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

adjective. Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

transitive verb. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.

adjective. Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

noun. A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.

noun. A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.

verb. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

verb. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

verb. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

verb. To cause to fade.

noun. a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

verb. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

verb. disappear gradually

verb. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly

noun. gradually ceasing to be visible

verb. become feeble

"Bernard Berrian, the Vikings' lone deep threat and a Frazier pet project, is giving new meaning to the term "fade route.""

decline  wither  

conclusion  degenerate  deteriorate  devolve  disappear  

Blade  Cade  Crusade  Dade  Jade  

blaze  bloom  blur  blush  burst  

abate  achromatize  age  ante  ante up  

faded  fades  fading