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fade
noun
1 fade
A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.
synonyms: slice, slicing.
2 fade
Gradually ceasing to be visible.
synonym: disappearance.
Polish: matowienie, pełźnięcie, blaknięcie, płowienie, bladnięcie, blednięcie
verb
1 fade
Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly:
— The scene begins to fade.
synonym: melt.
Roget 422:
be dim,
grow dim
etc.
adj.;
flicker,
twinkle,
glimmer;
loom,
lower;
fade;
pale,
pale its ineffectual fire
[Hamlet].
render dim
etc.
adj.;
dim,
bedim†,
obscure;
darken,
tone down.
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Roget 429:
lose color
etc.
428;
fade,
fly,
go;
become colorless
etc.
adj.;
turn pale,
pale.
deprive of color,
decolorize,
bleach,
tarnish,
achromatize,
blanch,
etiolate,
wash out,
tone down.
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Roget 124:
be old
etc.
adj.;
have had its day,
have seen its day;
become old
etc.
adj.;
age,
fade,
senesce.
Roget 111:
be transient
etc.
adj.;
flit,
pass away,
fly,
gallop,
vanish,
fade,
evaporate;
pass away like a cloud,
pass away like a summer cloud,
pass away like a shadow,
pass away like a dream.
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Roget 4:
vanish,
evaporate,
fade,
dissolve,
melt away;
disappear
etc.
449.
Dutch: doezelen, vervagen
2 fade
Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.
synonym: wither.
Dutch: wegkwijnen, aftakelen, verwelken
3 fade
Disappear gradually.
synonyms: blow over, evanesce, fleet, pass, pass off.
Roget 449:
disappear,
vanish,
dissolve,
fade,
melt away,
pass,
go,
avaunt†,
evaporate,
vaporize;
be gone
etc.
adj.;
leave no trace,
leave 'not a rack behind'"
[Tempest];
go off the stage
etc.
(depart)
293;
suffer an eclipse,
undergo an eclipse;
retire from sight;
be lost to view,
pass out of sight.
lose sight of.
efface
etc.
552.
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Dutch: vervliegen, vervlakken
4 fade
Become feeble.
synonym: languish.
Roget 160:
be weak
etc.
adj.;
drop,
crumble,
give way,
totter,
tremble,
shake,
halt,
limp,
fade,
languish,
decline,
flag,
fail,
have one leg in the grave.
render weak
etc.
adj.;
weaken,
enfeeble,
debilitate,
shake,
deprive of strength,
relax,
enervate,
eviscerate;
unbrace,
unnerve;
cripple,
unman
etc.
(render powerless)
158;
cramp,
reduce,
sprain,
strain,
blunt the edge of;
dilute,
impoverish;
decimate;
extenuate;
reduce in strength,
reduce the strength of;
mettre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.].
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Dutch: verkommeren, verkwijnen, verpieteren, wegkwijnen, wegteren, zieltogen
adjective
Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
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Roget 391:
bland,
void of taste
etc.
390;
insipid;
tasteless,
gustless†,
savorless;
ingustible†,
mawkish,
milk and water,
weak,
stale,
flat,
vapid,
fade,
wishy-washy,
mild;
untasted†.
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