fade

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To lose brightness, loudness, or brilliance gradually; dim: The lights and music faded as we set sail from the harbor.
2. v. To lose freshness; wither: summer flowers that had faded.
3. v. To lose strength or vitality; wane: youthful energy that had faded over the years.
4. v. To disappear gradually; vanish: a hope that faded. See Synonyms at disappear.
5. v. Sports To swerve from a straight course, especially in the direction of a slice.
6. v. Football To move back from the line of scrimmage. Used of a quarterback.
7. v. To cause to lose brightness, freshness, or strength: Exposure to sunlight has faded the carpet.
8. v. Sports To hit (a golf ball, for instance) with a moderate, usually controlled slice.
9. v. Games To meet the bet of (an opposing player) in dice.
10. n. A gradual diminution or increase in the brightness or visibility of an image in cinema or television.
11. n. A periodic reduction in the received strength of a radio transmission.
12. n. Sports A moderate, usually controlled slice, as in golf.
13. fade in To appear gradually.
14. fade in To cause to appear or be heard gradually. Used of a cinematic or television image or of a sound.
15. fade out To disappear gradually.
16. fade out To cause to disappear gradually. Used of a cinematic or television image or of a sound.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Pale; wan; faded.
2. Withered; faded, as a plant.
3. Insipid; tasteless; uninteresting.
4. To become pale or wan; lose freshness, color, brightness, or distinctness; tend from a stronger or brighter color to a more faint shade of the same color, or from visibleness to invisibility; become weak in hue or tint or in outline; have the distinctive or characteristic features disappear gradually; grow dim or indistinct to the sight.
5. To wither, as a plant; in general, to gradually lose strength, health, or vigor; decay; perish or disappear gradually.
6. Synonyms To droop, languish.
7. To cause to lose brightness or freshness of color; cause to lose distinctness to the sight.
8. To cause to wither; wear away; deprive of freshness or vigor.
9. Strong; bold; doughty.

Wiktionary

1. adj. archaic Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.
2. n. golf A golf shot that (for the right-handed player) curves intentionally to the right. See slice, hook, draw.
3. n. 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. v. intransitive To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
5. v. intransitive To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
6. v. intransitive To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
7. v. transitive To cause to fade.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. rare Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace.
2. v. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
3. v. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
4. v. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
5. v. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
2. v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
3. v. disappear gradually
4. v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
5. n. gradually ceasing to be visible
6. v. become feeble