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/fˈeɪdəd/ /fˈeɪdɪd/ Listen

verb

Fade v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. "No winter could his laurels fade."

Fade v. i. (past & past part. faded; pres. part. fading)

To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. "The earth mourneth and fadeth away."

To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. "Flowers that never fade."

To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. "The stars shall fade away." "He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music."

adjective

Faded adj. That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim. "His faded cheek." "Where the faded moon Made a dim silver twilight."

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Etymology of 'Faded'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Faded" Quotes from Famous Books

... he was cold. And worse than that, the golden mist had faded. It was almost twilight. The light was cold and still and gray. While he slept Indian Summer had vanished and its ...

— The Little House in the Fairy Wood • Ethel Cook Eliot

... silent sadness as long as they could see the ship's silhouette against the western sky, and until it faded into the splendid ...

— Philip Dru: Administrator • Edward Mandell House

... a mile away, a thin, brazen cry; a rabbit sat up, then crouched and bolted, and the spell faded like a mist. ...

— None Other Gods • Robert Hugh Benson

... for many minutes together, been his portion not to feel himself surrounded and committed, never quite been his refreshment to make out where the many-coloured human appeal, represented by gradations of tint, diminishing concentric zones of intensity, of importunity, really faded to the blessed impersonal whiteness for which his vision sometimes ached. It shaded off, the appeal—he would have admitted that; but he had as yet noted no point at which ...

— The Golden Bowl • Henry James

... considering what an amazing spectacle the 'Dream' made of herself and her glittering sails against the dark loch and mountains,—so brilliant indeed as almost to eclipse the very moon. But the light began to pale as soon as we dropped anchor, and very soon faded out completely, whereupon the sailors hauled down canvas, uttering musical cries as they pulled and braced it together. This work done, they retired, and a couple of servants waited upon our party, bringing wine and fruit as a parting ...

— The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance • Marie Corelli

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