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prefades

prefades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prefade.

prefades is the plural of prefade.

Meaning of prefade

Verb

prefade (third-person singular simple present prefades, present participle prefading, simple past and past participle prefaded)

  1. (transitive) To fade (an audio track) before it is broadcast, by listening in advance.
  2. (transitive) To give (clothing, etc.) a faded appearance at the time of manufacture.
    • These jeans had very fussy suggestions for upkeep and seemed to prefer that I never wash them again, lest I fade their artistically prefaded denim to a more amateurish color level.2009 May 7, Cintra Wilson, “Is There a Setting for High Strung?”, in New York Times

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Questions about prefades

What is prefades the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prefades is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prefade.

Words near prefades in the dictionary

  1. prefactory
  2. prefactual
  3. prefade
  4. prefaded
  5. prefader
  6. prefades
  7. prefading
  8. prefagomine
  9. prefall
  10. prefame
  11. prefamilies

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