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]