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  • 51fade —  n. Failure. Disappointment, fade away Depart unobtrusively …

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  • 52fade — [v1] lose color achromatize, become colorless, blanch, bleach, blench, clear, decolorize, dim, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, etiolate, evanish, evaporate, grow dim, lose brightness, lose luster, muddy, neutralize, pale, tarnish, tone down …

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  • 53Fade — Fade, v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. [1913 Webster] No winter could his laurels fade. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 54Fade (audio engineering) — Fader redirects here. For the magazine, see The Fader. For the The Temper Trap song, see Fader (song). Audio mixer faders at the Bull Gate pub in Kentish Town, North London. In audio engineering, a fade is a gradual increase or decrease in the… …

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  • 55fade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pale, dim, bleach, whiten; vanish, disappear; languish, wither, shrivel. See dimness, colorlessness, nonexistence, deterioration, disappearance, weakness, transientness, oblivion. II (Roget s IV) v …

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  • 56fade — fadable, adj. fadedly, adv. fadedness, n. /fayd/, v., faded, fading, n. v.i. 1. to lose brightness or vividness of color. 2. to become dim, as light, or lose brightness of illumination. 3. to lose freshness, vigor, strength, or health: The tulips …

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  • 57fade — [[t]feɪd[/t]] v. fad•ed, fad•ing, n. 1) to lose brightness or vividness of color 2) to become dim, as light, or lose brightness of illumination 3) to lose freshness, vigor, strength, or health 4) to disappear or die gradually (often fol. by away… …

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  • 58fade — verb 1) the paintwork has faded Syn: become pale, become bleached, become washed out, lose color, discolor; grow dull, grow dim, lose luster Ant: brighten 2) sunlight had faded the picture Syn …

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  • 59fade — verb ADVERB ▪ fast, quickly, rapidly ▪ Hopes of a peace settlement were fading fast. ▪ soon ▪ gradually, slowly …

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  • 60fade — verb 1) the paintwork has faded Syn: become pale, become bleached, become washed out, lose colour, discolour 2) sunlight had faded the picture Syn: bleach, wash out, make pale, blanch 3) …

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