fade

fade
1. adjective /feɪd/
<!cant find anything after early 20th century on gbooks, and COCA has no instances at all Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.
2. noun /feɪd/
a) A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.
b) 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.
3. verb /feɪd/
a) To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

A strange thing was that Bovary, while continually thinking of Emma, was forgetting her. He grew desperate as he felt this image fading from his memory in spite of all efforts to retain it. Yet every night he dreamt of her; it was always the same dream. He drew near her, but when he was about to clasp her she fell into decay in his arms.

b) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.

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  • fade — fade …   Dictionnaire des rimes

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  • fade — [ fad ] adj. • XIIe; lat. pop. °fatidus, class. fatuus « fade », d apr. sapidus; cf. saveur 1 ♦ Qui manque de saveur, de goût. Aliment, boisson fade. ⇒ insipide; douceâtre, écœurant. Il aime la cuisine épicée, ici tout lui paraît fade. Qui… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fadé — fade [ fad ] adj. • XIIe; lat. pop. °fatidus, class. fatuus « fade », d apr. sapidus; cf. saveur 1 ♦ Qui manque de saveur, de goût. Aliment, boisson fade. ⇒ insipide; douceâtre, écœurant. Il aime la cuisine épicée, ici tout lui paraît fade. Qui… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fade — [ feıd ] verb ** ▸ 1 become less clear ▸ 2 become less famous ▸ 3 start to die ▸ 4 lose strength ▸ 5 stop performing well ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive if the light fades, it gets dark a ) intransitive or transitive if the color of something… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Fade — may refer to: *Fade (Blue Angel song), an obscure song by the band Blue Angel *Fade (Staind song), a song from Break the Cycle by alt rock band Staind *Fade (film), a cinematographic technique used in film *Fade (audio engineering), the gradual… …   Wikipedia

  • FADE — компьютерная программа, программное средство для защиты авторских прав, разработанное компанией Macrovision. FADE создан для использования в компьютерных играх и активно используется компанией Bohemia Interactive Studio в своих играх. Содержание… …   Википедия

  • fade — [feıd] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: fader, from Latin fatuus; FATUOUS] 1.) also fade away to gradually disappear ▪ Hopes of a peace settlement are beginning to fade. ▪ Over the years her beauty had faded a little. 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fade — FADE. adj. de tout genre. Insipide, Sans goust, ou de peu de goust. Viande fade. une sausse fade. une douceur fade. On dit, Se sentir le coeur fade, pour dire, Avoir du degoust. Fade, se dit fig. pour dire, Qui n a rien de picquant, de vif, d… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Fade — Fade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. {Fade}, a., {Vade}.] 1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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