Fading

//ˈfeɪdɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.

    "[…] the rude earth of the wall had no painted lustre to shed off all fadings and tarnish […]"

  2. 2
    weakening in force or intensity wordnet
  3. 3
    An Irish dance. obsolete

    "Fading is a fine jig."

  4. 4
    The burden of a song. obsolete

    "He has the prettiest love songs for maids, so without bawdry, which is strange with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadings"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of fade. form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "fading light; fading memory; fading reputation"

Synonyms

All synonyms
decayabatementachromatizationagingancientatmospherics

Example

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"Hope of finding the child alive is fading rapidly."

Related phrases

Ricean fadingRician fadingTroxler fadingTroxler's fadingfading time

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