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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fade \Fade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr & vb n. {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr fade, a.; cf Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf {Fade}, a., {Vade}.] 1. 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 --Is. xxiv. 4. 2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence to be wanting in color. ``Flowers that never fade.'' --Milton. 3. To sink away to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. The stars shall fade away --Addison He makes a swanlike end Fading in music. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Faded \Fad"ed\, a. That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim. ``His faded cheek.'' --Milton. Where the faded moon Made a dim silver twilight. --Keats. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: faded adj 1: having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors" [syn: {bleached}, {washed-out}, {washy}] 2: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording" [syn: {attenuate}, {attenuated}, {weakened}]
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