fade  /feɪd/

noun

1. a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing"

synset: slice, fade, slicing

2. gradually ceasing to be visible

synset: fade, disappearance

verb

1. 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"

synset: fade, melt

2. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

synset: fade, wither

3. disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"

synset: evanesce, fade, blow_over, pass_off, fleet, pass

4. become feeble; "The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon"

synset: languish, fade

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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