Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: fade
IPA transcription: [f'eɪd]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: fade, melt
    Meaning: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
  • Synonyms: fade, wither
    Meaning: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
  • Synonyms: evanesce, fade, blow_over, pass_off, fleet, pass
    Meaning: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
Usage examples
  • Like the rainbow, thou didst fade
  • Then it would fade and be drowned out by the breeze.
  • In a moment I watched her fade down the dusky stairway.
  • The troubles of the morning seemed to fade away under the warmth of her humor.
  • It was perhaps more of a trickle than a fade, but as a disappearance it was complete.
  • A vainglory is it, and like a northern light, comes but to fade and leave the sky more dark.
  • "This brings up a period of West Point life whose vivid impressions will be the last to fade.
  • All else we possess and pursue shall fade and perish, our moral character shall alone survive.
  • From this relative substantiality they fade into notions of country, posterity, humanity, and the gods.
  • "If anything should fade the colors of my lovely patches it would break my heart," said the Patchwork Girl.