Collins English-English Dictionary

fade [feɪd]

1. 1. vb to lose or cause to lose brightness, colour, or clarity

2. 2. vi. [intr] to lose freshness, vigour, or youth; wither

3. 3. vi. [intr; usually foll by away or out] to vanish slowly; die out

4. 4. vi. to decrease the brightness or volume of (a television or radio programme or film sequence) or (of a television programme, etc) to decrease in this way

5. 5. vi. to decrease the volume of (a sound) in a recording system or (of a sound) to be so reduced in volume

6. 6. vi. [intr] (of the brakes of a vehicle) to lose power

7. 7. vi. to cause (a golf ball) to move with a controlled left-to-right trajectory or (of a golf ball) to veer gradually from left to right

8. 8. n the act or an instance of fading

9. 9. n [Etymology] C14: from fade (adj) dull, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin fatidus (unattested), probably blend of Latin vapidus vapid + Latin fatuus fatuous