Fade /(?)/

1. Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.]

   His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.

imp. & p. p. Faded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fading

1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

   The earth mourneth and fadeth away.

2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.

   The stars shall fade away.

   He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music.

1. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away.

   No winter could his laurels fade.