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Fade v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fading.]
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.”
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.
Fad·ed a. That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim. “His faded cheek.”
Where the faded moon
Made a dim silver twilight. --Keats.
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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]