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crossfade

crossfade noun: a fade in which the volume of one audio track is lowered as that of another is raised.

Noun

crossfade (plural crossfades)

  1. A fade in which the volume of one audio track is lowered as that of another is raised.
  2. A fade in which the picture of one video track is diminished as that of another is brightened.
  3. (particularly doujin music) A preview for an album that fades between short snippets of each song. From the Japanese クロスフェードデモ.

Verb

crossfade (third-person singular simple present crossfades, present participle crossfading, simple past and past participle crossfaded)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To lower the volume of one audio track while raising that of another, so that they blend together.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To diminish the picture of one video track while raising that of another, so that they blend together.
  3. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To be under the influence of multiple psychoactive substances at the same time; most typically marijuana and alcohol.

crossfade meaning in Tamil

crossfade in Tamil

கவிழ்ந்து மறைதல்

Synonyms of crossfade

Forms of crossfade

Noun
pluralcrossfades
alternative formcross-fade
Verb
third-person singular presentcrossfades
present participlecrossfading
past participlecrossfaded
pastcrossfaded

Origin of crossfade

From cross- + fade.

Words formed from crossfade

Questions about crossfade

What does crossfade mean?
Crossfade means a fade in which the volume of one audio track is lowered as that of another is raised.
What is crossfade in Tamil?
Crossfade in Tamil is கவிழ்ந்து மறைதல். See Crossfade meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crossfade?
Crossfade can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of crossfade?
The plural of crossfade is crossfades.

Words near crossfade in the dictionary

  1. Crossetts
  2. crossexaminable
  3. crosseyed
  4. crossface
  5. crossfaces
  6. crossfade
  7. crossfaded
  8. crossfader
  9. crossfaders
  10. crossfades
  11. crossfading

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crossfade (page history and authors); crossfade (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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