fade


fade (http://definr.com/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,
           slicing]
     2: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: 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: melt,
           fade out]
     2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
        [syn: wither]
     3: disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example; "The pain
        eventually passed off" [syn: evanesce, blow over, {pass
        off}, fleet, pass]
     4: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in
        the dungeon" [syn: languish]