fade
/feɪd/ noun B2- A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
- 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.
- 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).
- The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
Plural fades
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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But thou art immortal and dost never fade, but bloomest for ever in renewed youth.”
The armies fade, the lustre dies.
It was because you loved me well enough to give me one of those sweet means of death of which we were speaking; a death without agony, a death which allows me to fade away while pronouncing Valentine’s name and pressing your hand.”
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