Complete Definition of "fade"

English

Etymology
From OF. fader, from #French|fade.

Pronunciation
IPA|fejd
rhymes|eɪd

Adjective
en-adj|fad|er

  1. weak|Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.

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Translations
trans-top|tasteless
Dutch: t|nl|flauw, t+|nl|zwak, t|nl|smakeloos, t|nl|smaakloos
French: t+|fr|dégradé, t+|fr|fondu
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Noun
en-noun

  1. golf A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.

Translations
trans-top|golf shot that curves to the right
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Verb
en-verb|fad|ing

  1. intransitive To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
  2. intransitive To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
  3. intransitive To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

Synonyms
decrease, wane, become smaller
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Translations
trans-top|become fade
Dutch: t|nl|verzwakken, t|nl|verslappen, t|nl|verwelken italbrac|plants
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Finnish: t-|fi|heikentyä
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trans-top|lose freshness
Dutch: t|nl|verbleken, t|nl|verwelken
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Finnish: t-|fi|haalistua
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trans-top|vanish
Dutch: t|nl|verzinken, t+|nl|verdwijnen, t|nl|wegkwijnen
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Finnish: haihtua, kaikota
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French

Etymology
From VL. *fatidus, blend of L. fatuus and vapidus.

Adjective
fr-adj|feminine=fade

  1. without taste

Category:French adjectives


German

Pronunciation
IPA|�fa�d�

Adjective
de-adj|comparativefader|superlativefadesten

  1. #English|fade

#* 1922, w:Rudolf Steiner|Rudolf Steiner, Nationalökonomischer Kurs, Erster Vortrag
#*: Solch eine Volkswirtschaftslehre würde der Engländer fade gefunden haben. Man denkt doch über solche Dinge nicht nach, würde er gesagt haben.
#*:: An Englishman would have thought of such an economical theory as bland. He would have said, "One doesn�t think about such things."

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