fading

Meaning of fading

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. gradually grow faint and disappear.
    the light had faded and dusk was advancing
    hopes of peace had faded
  2. (with reference to film and television images) come or cause to come gradually into or out of view, or to merge into another shot.
    fade into scenes of rooms strewn with festive remains
    some shots have to be faded in
  3. (of the ball) deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left), typically as a result of spin given to the ball.
    the ball faded toward an area left of the green
  4. (in craps) match the bet of (another player).
    Lovejoy faded him for twenty-five cents

Middle 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’.

Information about fading

Hyphenation of fading

fad-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • fading is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

fading synonyms

Meaning attenuation:

attenuation

Meaning make or become less bright or distinct:

dim

Meaning be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal:

fail

Meaning diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength:

dwindle

Meaning (of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size:

wane

Meaning cease to be visible:

disappear

Meaning disappear suddenly and completely:

vanish

Meaning diminish in strength or quality; deteriorate:

decline

Meaning (with reference to a solid) become or cause to become incorporated into a liquid so as to form a solution:

dissolve

Meaning pass out of sight, memory, or existence:

evanesce

fading antonyms

Meaning become or make greater in size, amount, or degree:

increase

Words that rhyme with fading

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