FADE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fade mean?
• FADE (noun)
The noun FADE has 2 senses:
1. a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
2. gradually ceasing to be visible
Familiarity information: FADE used as a noun is rare.
• FADE (verb)
The verb FADE has 4 senses:
1. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
2. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
3. disappear gradually
4. become feeble
Familiarity information: FADE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FADE (noun)
Meaning:
A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fade; slicing; slice
Context example:
he took lessons to cure his slicing
Hypernyms ("fade" is a kind of...):
golf shot; golf stroke; swing (the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it)
Meaning:
Gradually ceasing to be visible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
fade; disappearance
Hypernyms ("fade" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
• FADE (verb)
Meaning:
Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fade; melt
Context examples:
The scene begins to fade / The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk
Hypernyms (to "fade" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fade; wither
Context example:
Her bloom was fading
Hypernyms (to "fade" is one way to...):
disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Disappear gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
blow over; evanesce; fleet; fade; pass off; pass
Context example:
The pain eventually passed off
Hypernyms (to "fade" is one way to...):
disappear; go away; vanish (get lost, as without warning or explanation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Become feeble
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
languish; fade
Context example:
The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon
Hypernyms (to "fade" is one way to...):
degenerate; deteriorate; devolve; drop (grow worse)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
