| VERB | change | fade, melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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