VERB | change | fade, melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable |
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change | fade, wither | lose freshness, vigor, or vitality | |
change | fade, evanesce, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass | disappear gradually | |
body | fade, languish | become feeble | |
NOUN | act | fade, slice, slicing | a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer |
act | fade, disappearance | gradually ceasing to be visible |
Sounds | fey'd | |
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Rhymes | accolade ... wade / Wade: 90 rhymes with eyd... |
Meaning | A golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer. | |
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Synonyms | slice, slicing | |
Broader | golf stroke, golf shot, swing | The act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
Meaning | gradually ceasing to be visible. | |
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Synonym | disappearance | |
Broader | termination, ending, conclusion | The act of ending something |
Spanish | desvanecimiento, disipación | |
Catalan | dissipació, esvaïment | |
Verbs | fade | become less clearly visible or distinguishable |
Meaning | Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The scene begins to fade" | |
Synonym | melt | |
Broader | weaken | Become weaker |
Spanish | apagarse, desvanecerse | |
Catalan | apagar-se, desdibuixar-se, esvair-se | |
Nouns | fade | gradually ceasing to be visible |
Meaning | Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonym | wither | |
Broader | disappear, vanish, go away | Get lost, as without warning or explanation |
Spanish | marchitarse, secarse | |
Catalan | assecar-se, descolorir-se, destenyir-se, emmusteir-se, mustigar-se, pansir-se | |
Nouns | fading | weakening in force or intensity |
Meaning | disappear gradually. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Synonyms | evanesce, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass | |
Broader | disappear, vanish, go away | Get lost, as without warning or explanation |
Spanish | desaparecer, desvanecerse, esfumarse, marchar, pasar | |
Catalan | desaparèixer, esvair-se, remetre |
Meaning | Become feeble. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonym | languish | |
Broader | devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate | Grow worse |
Spanish | desvanecerse, languidecer | |
Catalan | esvair-se, llanguir | |
Nouns | fading | weakening in force or intensity |
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