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- fade⇄expr. fade in, (in motion pictures, radio, and television) to become slowly more distinct or louder.
Ex. ... fade in to the much-publicised naked chariot-race sequence where ... Ozymandias is challenging Ambrosius, Emperor of Malta (Punch). - fade⇄expr. fade out, (in motion pictures, radio, and television) to diminish in sound or distinctness; become gradually less perceptible.
Ex. As the scene fades out, the hero and the heroine walk away from each other. - fade⇄fade (1), verb, faded,fading,noun.
- fade⇄fade (2), adjective.
(French.) flat; commonplace; dull. - fade⇄noun 1. a fading in or out.
Ex. Not since Chaplin's tramp made his great exit, has there been so melancholy a fade (Newsweek).
2. brake fade. - fade⇄v.i. 1. to becomeless bright; lose color; dim.
Ex. Daylight fades when the sun sets. My blue dress faded when it was washed.
(SYN) blanch, bleach, pale.
2. to lose freshness or strength; wither.
Ex. The flowers in her garden fad - fade⇄v.t. 1. to cause to fade.
Ex. Sunlight faded the new curtains.
(SYN) bleach.
2. (Slang.) to match all or part of the bet of (the person shooting dice).