fade

About 3.53 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Weak; insipid; tasteless.
2. noun A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
3. noun A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
4. noun A fight.
5. noun A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
6. noun The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.
7. verb To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
8. verb To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

Similar words

languish wither evanesce disappearance pass off blow over pass slice fade out fleet

Often followed by

away into out and in from to as with

Word family

faded fader faders fades fading