fade

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To slowly lose color or brightness.

   The curtains had faded in the sunlight over the years.

2. 2
   verb

   To gradually grow weaker, fainter, or disappear.

   The sound of the music faded into the distance.

3. 3
   verb

   To lose strength or freshness, as a plant does when it dies.

   The flowers in the vase began to fade after a week.

Common collocations

• fade away Verb + adverb

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

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