fading

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present participle of

to (cause to) lose colour, brightness, or strength gradually:

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.

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:

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.