"fade away" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} fade away
  1. (art) A painting technique in which young women's clothes fade into the background. Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-fade_away-en-noun-yGLEpt~v Topics: art, arts

Verb

Forms: fades away [present, singular, third-person], fading away [participle, present], faded away [participle, past], faded away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fade away (third-person singular simple present fades away, present participle fading away, simple past and past participle faded away)
  1. To lose strength, become weaker; to wane; to disappear or reduce slowly. Derived forms: fade-away [noun], fadeaway [noun] Translations (to lose strength): haihtuma (Estonian), vaibuma (Estonian), hääbuma (Estonian), heiketä (Finnish), hiipua (Finnish), disparaître (French), s’effacer (French), s’éloigner (French), ദുർബ്ബലമാവുക (duṟbbalamāvuka) (Malayalam), zanikać (Polish), przekwitać (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fade_away-en-verb-IHhz2RgA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 26 74

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fade away meaning in English (3.8kB)

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