fade

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Weak; insipid; tasteless.

Noun

1. A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
2. 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.
3. (slang) A fight.
4. 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).
5. (slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.

Verb

1. (transitive) To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
2. (intransitive) To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
3. (intransitive) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
4. (intransitive) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
5. (transitive) To cause to fade.
6. (transitive) To bet against (someone).

Sinonieme

wither

disappear

discolor

wilt

vanish

droop

lose color

discolour

decline

pale

languish

weaken

evanesce

grow pale

fade away

dim

decolorize

whiten

wane

faint

flag

shrivel

die

💀

bleach

die away

pass away

go

drop

become dull

abate

weak

melt

deteriorate

subside

decolourize

blanch

shrink

slice

become thin

pass off

attenuate

blur

pass

perish

slicing

fleet

dissipate

blow over

disappearance

come off

Vertalings

verblassen

se faner

marchitarse

welken

desaparecer

ξεθωριάζω

pâlir

verwelken

sbiadire

faner

verwelken

nachlassen

welk werden

verbleichen

μαραίνομαι

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/feɪd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: fade

Verwante met Old English: gefæd

In summary

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).