fade
verb /feɪd/
/feɪd/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they fade | /feɪd/ /feɪd/ |
| he / she / it fades | /feɪdz/ /feɪdz/ |
| past simple faded | /ˈfeɪdɪd/ /ˈfeɪdɪd/ |
| past participle faded | /ˈfeɪdɪd/ /ˈfeɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form fading | /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to become or to make something become paler or less bright
- The curtains had faded in the sun.
- fade from something All colour had faded from the sky.
- fade something The sun had faded the curtains.
- He was wearing faded blue jeans.
- [intransitive] to disappear gradually
- Her smile faded.
- fade away Hopes of reaching an agreement seem to be fading away.
- The laughter faded away.
- fade from something The smile faded from his face.
- fade to/into something His voice faded to a whisper (= gradually became quieter).
- All other issues fade into insignificance compared with the struggle for survival.
- Summer was fading into autumn.
Extra Examples- Their voices faded into the distance.
- It was impossible for her to fade quietly into the background.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- begin to
- seem to
- from
- into
- [intransitive] if a sports player, team, actor, etc. fades, they stop playing or performing as well as they did before
- Black faded on the final bend.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘grow weak’): from Old French fader, from fade ‘dull, insipid’, probably based on a blend of Latin fatuus ‘silly, insipid’ and vapidus ‘vapid’.
Idioms
be fading fast
- to be disappearing quickly
- Hopes of a peace settlement were fading fast.
blend/fade into the woodwork
- (informal) to behave in a way that does not attract any attention; to disappear or hide