fade
verb
[ feɪd ]
• gradually grow faint and disappear.
• "the light had faded and dusk was advancing"
Similar:
dim,
grow dim,
grow faint,
grow feeble,
fail,
dwindle,
grow less,
die away,
wane,
disappear,
vanish,
decline,
dissolve,
peter out,
melt away,
evanesce,
• (with reference to film and television images) come or cause to come gradually into or out of view, or to merge into another shot.
• "fade into scenes of rooms strewn with festive remains"
• (of the ball) deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left), typically as a result of spin given to the ball.
• "the ball faded toward an area left of the green"
• (in craps) match the bet of (another player).
• "Lovejoy faded him for twenty-five cents"
fade
noun
• the process of becoming less bright.
• "the sun can cause colour fade"
• a shot causing the ball to deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left).
• "when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade"
• a haircut in which the hair is left long on top of the head but cropped close to the sides and back with the length of hair gradually decreasing.
• "a fade is extremely versatile and can be adjusted to different hair types and lengths"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘grow weak’): from Old French fader, from fade ‘dull, insipid’, probably based on a blend of Latin fatuus ‘silly, insipid’ and vapidus ‘vapid’.
