vverb.changebecome less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seeminglySynset:fade melt
Examples:- The scene begins to fade
- The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk
Derivationally Related Form:fade
Hypernyms:weaken
Inherited Hypernyms:fadeweakendecreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changelose freshness, vigor, or vitalitySynset:fade wither
Derivationally Related Form:witheringfading
Hypernyms:disappear go away vanish
Inherited Hypernyms:fadedisappear
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.changedisappear graduallySynset:blow over evanesce fade fleet pass pass off
Examples:- The pain eventually passed off
Derivationally Related Form:passingevanescentevanescence
Hypernyms:disappear go away vanish
Inherited Hypernyms:evanescedisappear
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.bodybecome feebleSynset:fade languish
Examples:- The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon
Derivationally Related Form:languisherfading
Hypernyms:degenerate deteriorate devolve drop
Inherited Hypernyms:languishdevolveworsenchange statechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
adj satadj.allhaving lost freshness or brilliance of colorSynset:bleached washed-out washy
Examples:- sun-bleached deck chairs
- faded jeans
- a very pale washed-out blue
- washy colors
Antonyms:colorful
Inherited Hypernyms:bleached
Similar to:colorless colourless
adj satadj.allreduced in strengthSynset:attenuate attenuated weakened
Examples:- the faded tones of an old recording
Antonyms:increased
Inherited Hypernyms:attenuate
Similar to:decreased reduced