fadeth

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
   • The Golden Bear faded the ball from left to right with great consistency, so he seldom had to worry about trouble on the left.2011, Gary McCord, Golf For Dummies, page 284
2. (intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
   • The earth mourneth and fadeth away.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 24:4

   Synonyms:

   weaken, wither

3. (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
   • [flowers] that never fade1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

   Synonyms:

   blanch, bleach

4. (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
   • The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.

   Synonyms:

   decrease, diminish, wane

5. (transitive) To cause to fade.
6. (transitive) To bet against (someone).
   • I tried to get some bets that y'all were fixin' to get married but nobody would fade me.2016, Johnny Hughes, A Texas Beauty, Smart and Strong

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