fade
/feɪd/ verb B1- To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
- To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
- To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
- To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. · The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.
- To cause to fade.
- To bet against (someone).
He/she/it fades · Past faded · Past participle faded · -ing form fading
Verb forms
- Base form
- fade
- He/she/it
- fades
- Past
- faded
- Past participle
- faded
- -ing form
- fading
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The armies fade, the lustre dies.
The Cat’s head began fading away the moment he was gone, and, by the time he had come back with the Duchess, it had entirely disappeared; so the King and the executioner ran wildly up and down looking for it, while the rest of the party went back to the game.
“Then in that case, thou and I together, old hunter, might make him see reason.” Here Baloo rubbed his faded brown shoulder against the Panther, and they went off to look for Kaa the Rock Python.
She wore a faded brown sailor hat and beneath the hat, extending down her back, were two braids of very thick, decidedly red hair.
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