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fadings

fadings is the plural of fading.

Meaning of fading

Noun

fading (plural fadings)

  1. The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
    • […] the rude earth of the wall had no painted lustre to shed off all fadings and tarnish […]1854, Herman Melville, Israel Potter
  2. (obsolete) An Irish dance.
    • Fading is a fine jig.1607 (first performance), Francis Beaumont, “The Knight of the Burning Pestle”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC...
  3. (obsolete) The burden of a song.
    • He has the prettiest love songs for maids, so without bawdry, which is strange with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadingsc. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about fadings

What is fadings the plural of?
Fadings is the plural of fading.

Words near fadings in the dictionary

  1. fading time
  2. fading times
  3. fading to black
  4. fadingly
  5. fadingness
  6. fadings
  7. fadish
  8. fadista
  9. fadistas
  10. fadjr
  11. fadlike

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