transcription, транскрипция: [ feɪd ]
( fades, fading, faded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When a coloured object fades or when the light fades it, it gradually becomes paler.
All colour fades–especially under the impact of direct sunlight...
No matter how soft the light is, it still plays havoc, fading carpets and curtains in every room.
...fading portraits of the Queen and Prince Philip.
VERB : V , V n , V-ing
• fad‧ed
...a girl in a faded dress.
...faded painted signs on the sides of some of the buildings.
ADJ
2.
When light fades , it slowly becomes less bright. When a sound fades , it slowly becomes less loud.
Seaton lay on his bed and gazed at the ceiling as the light faded...
The sound of the last bomber’s engines faded into the distance.
VERB : V , V into n
3.
When something that you are looking at fades , it slowly becomes less bright or clear until it disappears.
They observed the comet for 70 days before it faded from sight...
They watched the familiar mountains fade into the darkness.
VERB : V from/into n , V from/into n
•
Fade away means the same as fade .
We watched the harbour and then the coastline fade away into the morning mist.
PHRASAL VERB : V P into n , also V P
4.
If memories, feelings, or possibilities fade , they slowly become less intense or less strong.
Sympathy for the rebels, the government claims, is beginning to fade...
...fading memories of better days.
VERB : V , V-ing