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Noun: fading  fey-ding
  1. Weakening in force or intensity
    "fading in the volume of the sound";
    - attenuation
Verb: fade  feyd
  1. Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
    "The scene begins to fade";
    - melt
     
  2. Lose freshness, vigour, or vitality
    "Her bloom was fading";
    - wither
     
  3. Disappear gradually
    "The pain eventually faded";
    - evanesce, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
     
  4. Become feeble
    - languish

Derived forms: fadings

Type of: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, disappear, drop, go away, vanish, weaken, weakening

Encyclopedia: Fading

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