fade
A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right or to the leftA golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
» The sound of the train faded away.
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5 sensesA golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
(slang)A fight.
A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
(slang)The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
Examples
208 sentencesThe sound of the train faded away.
Tom is wearing a faded blue shirt.
The curtains in my bedroom have faded.
Tom's smile faded as Mary walked away.
Tom only has one faded photograph of grandfather.
deTom hat von seinem Großvater nur ein verblasstes Foto. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vadFrom Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).
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Forms
plural: fadesSynonyms
4 synonyms- gradually ceasing to be visible:disappearance
- a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer:sliceslicing
Word family
20 related wordsSee also
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