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prefading

prefading is the present participle and gerund 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 prefading

What is prefading the present participle and gerund of?
Prefading is the present participle and gerund of prefade.

Words near prefading in the dictionary

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

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