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fading to black

fading to black is the present participle and gerund of fade to black.

Meaning of fade to black

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To end a film or a scene of a film by causing the image to be gradually dimmed into black.
    • They danced the famous Merengue / Now we dolly back / Now we fade to black1976, Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, “Haitian Divorce”, in The Royal Scam, performed by Steely Dan

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Questions about fading to black

What is fading to black the present participle and gerund of?
Fading to black is the present participle and gerund of fade to black.

Words near fading to black in the dictionary

  1. fading away
  2. fading in
  3. fading out
  4. fading time
  5. fading times
  6. fading to black
  7. fadingly
  8. fadingness
  9. fadings
  10. fadish
  11. fadista

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