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fade away

fade away verb: to lose strength, become weaker; to wane; to disappear or reduce slowly.

Verb

fade away (third-person singular simple present fades away, present participle fading away, simple past and past participle faded away)

  1. To lose strength, become weaker; to wane; to disappear or reduce slowly.
    • I was angry at first, but my rage faded away over time.
    • The stars shall fade away.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 57
    Synonyms:
    die, wither

Noun

fade away

  1. A painting technique in which young women's clothes fade into the background.
    • Phillips became known for the "fade away, in which the main figures' clothing is the same color as the background, allowing the elements to partially blend.2009, Alison A. Nieder, Jim Heimann, 100 Ans de Pubs de Mode, page 1879
    • Hirschfeld captured many scenes in line and employed Coles Phillips's "fade away" technique in his painting on the left.2015, David Leopold, The Hirschfeld Century

fade away meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Punjabi

fade away in Hindi

to fade away
मिटना miṭnā

fade away in Urdu

to fade away
مٹنا miṭnā

fade away in Malayalam

to lose strength
ദുർബ്ബലമാവുക duṟbbalamāvuka

fade away in Punjabi

to fade away
لتھنا latthṇā
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fade away in Thai
เลือนหาย

Synonyms of fade away

Forms of fade away

third-person singular presentfades away
present participlefading away
past participlefaded away
pastfaded away

Words formed from fade away

Questions about fade away

What does fade away mean?
Fade away means to lose strength, become weaker; to wane; to disappear or reduce slowly.
What is fade away in Hindi?
Fade away in Hindi is मिटना (miṭnā). See Fade away meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fade away?
Fade away can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of fade away?
The past tense of fade away is faded away.

Words near fade away in the dictionary

  1. faddled
  2. faddles
  3. faddling
  4. faddy
  5. fade
  6. fade away
  7. fade in
  8. fade ins
  9. fade out
  10. fade outs
  11. fade time

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fade away (page history and authors); मिटना (Hindi) (page history and authors); مٹنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); لتھنا (Punjabi) (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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