adjective
                                                having lost freshness or brilliance of color
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                                                                                                        - sun-bleached deck chairs
- faded jeans
- a very pale washed-out blue
- washy colors
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                reduced in strength
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                                                                                                        - the faded tones of an old recording
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
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                                                                                                        - he took lessons to cure his slicing
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                gradually ceasing to be visible
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                                                verb
                                                become less clearly visible or distinguishable
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                                                                                                        - disappear gradually or seemingly
- The scene begins to fade
- The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
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                                                                                                        - Her bloom was fading
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                disappear gradually
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                                                                                                        - The pain eventually passed off
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                become feeble
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                                                                                                        - The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon