From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fade
n 1: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed
golfer; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" [syn:
slice, fade, slicing]
2: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: fade,
disappearance]
v 1: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear
gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The
tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" [syn:
fade, melt]
2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
[syn: fade, wither]
3: disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off" [syn:
evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass]
4: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in
the dungeon" [syn: languish, fade]