fades

Noun

fade (plural fades)

1. A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
   • If you confine yourself to hitting straight shots while you are developing your golf swing, you are less likely to develop a preference for hitting a fade or a draw.2011, James Lythgoe, The Golf Swing: It's all in the hands, page 88
2. A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.

   Synonyms:

   skin fade

3. (slang) A fight.
4. A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
5. (slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
   • Ace could have done a fade. Instead, he gathered all his courage — which was not inconsiderable, even in his middle age — and went to see the Flying Corson Brothers.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

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