Fade

/feɪd/ · adjective

Meaning

(archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic) Weak; insipid; tasteless.
2. (golf) A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
3. 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.
4. (slang) A fight.
5. (music, cinematography) 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).
6. (slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
7. (transitive, golf) To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
8. (intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

Example Sentences

1825, Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, review of Theodric by Thomas Campbell Passages that are somewhat fade.

His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.

If you confine yourself to hitting straight shots while you are developing your golf swing, you are less likely to develop a preference for hitting a fade or a draw.

Ace could have done a fade. Instead, he gathered all his courage — which was not inconsiderable, even in his middle age — and went to see the Flying Corson Brothers.

The Golden Bear faded the ball from left to right with great consistency, so he seldom had to worry about trouble on the left.

The earth mourneth and fadeth away.

[flowers] that never fade

The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

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Word Forms

• fader
• fadest
• fades
• fading
• faded
• vade
• more fade
• most fade

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