| Noun | 1. | fade - a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" | |
| 2. | fade - gradually ceasing to be visible | |
| Verb | 1. | fade - become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | |
| 2. | fade - lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"disappear, vanish, go away - get lost, especially without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" | |
| 3. | fade - disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"disappear, vanish, go away - get lost, especially without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace" | |
| 4. | fade - become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop - grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" | |