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fade
noun
verb
gradually ceasing to be visible
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 4
- Starts with
- F
- Ends with
- E
- Contains
- AD
- Scrabble score
- 8
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
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noun
gradually ceasing to be visible
noun
a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
“he took lessons to cure his slicing”
verb
become feeble
“The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon”
verb
become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
“The scene begins to fade”
verb
disappear gradually
“The pain eventually passed off”
verb
lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
“Her bloom was fading”
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Example Sentences
he took lessons to cure his slicing
The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon
The scene begins to fade
The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk
The pain eventually passed off
Her bloom was fading
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