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fade

11 definitions • 20 examples
1
to (cause to) lose colour, brightness, or strength gradually:

Examples:

If you hang your clothes out in the bright sun, they will fade.
My suntan is already fading.
They arrived home just as the light was fading (= as it was getting dark).
The sun had faded the blue walls.
2
In golf, if you fade the ball, you hit it so it moves slightly to one side rather than straight in front. If a golf ball fades, it moves slightly to one side:

Examples:

Trying to fade the ball off the tee, he hooked into deep rough.
By aiming down the left-hand side, the ball will fade back into the middle of the fairway.
3

Examples:

A fade to black would be a good way to end the sequence.
fade out At that point there is a fade out so what happens next is left to our imaginations.
4
a way of ending a piece of music by making it gradually quieter and quieter:

Examples:

At the end of the song we just repeat the chorus until the fade.
The software allows you to make fades and segue the songs together.
5
a gradual increase in colour, brightness, or loudness so that a picture or sound appears gradually:

Examples:

You could begin your web page with a fade in, allowing the visitor to concentrate on one important point before seeing the rest of the page content.
6

Examples:

That was when his career began its slow fade into obscurity.
7
a hairstyle in which the hair is left fairly long on top of the head, cut gradually shorter at the sides, and cut very short or completely removed lower down:

Examples:

At the barber shop you can get a fade for £20.
The boys all had fades.
8
in golf, the action of hitting the ball slightly to one side rather than straight in front, or the movement of the ball slightly to one side:

Examples:

He said he was trying to draw the ball rather than hit a fade.
All you need is about two yards of fade on your ball and it's gone.
9
in American football, a passing move where the player receiving the ball runs straight at first but then moves towards the side of the playing area to catch the ball:

Examples:

Wideout Marvin Davis was supposed to run a fade towards the right-hand corner.
The touchdown on a fade to Miller turned out to be the winning score.
10

Examples:

If you hang your clothes out in the bright sun, they will fade.
11
If something fades away/out, it becomes less clear and then disappears:

Examples:

The voice on the radio faded out.

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