fade
Lose color slowly
Fade describes gradual disappearance or loss of intensity.
Colors fade in sunlight, sounds fade into silence, memories fade with time.
A person who fades grows weaker or withdraws: She faded after the diagnosis.
In film and audio, a fade is a gradual transition to or from black or silence.
In golf, a fade curves gently left to right (for right-handers).
To fade someone in slang is to ignore or dismiss them.
Cease to be visible
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
- disperseCause to spread apart
- recedeMove back from
dematerialize · dispel · erase · efface · obliterate · blur · obscure · melt away
Decrease gradually
- dwindleDecrease gradually over time
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- dimLow in light
- weakenReduce in strength
lessen · subside · taper · recede · abate · soften · pale · mellow
Disperse into liquid
- transitionChange from one state
- cutSeverance or reduction
- wipeRub to clean
- montageAssembled sequence of images
Chemical stain and germ killer
- blanchScald briefly, then cool
- paleLacking color intensity
- whitenMake pale or colorless
- discolorAlter original hue
wash out · sun-bleached · weathered · muted · dull · patina · yellowed · age
Low in light
- glowSteady, soft light
- softenMake less firm
- ambientOf the surroundings
- backlightIllumination behind a display
diffuse · gradation · falloff · vignette · haze · atmospheric · twilight · dusk
Fail to recall
recollection · reminiscence · lapse · oblivion · ephemeral · transience · elusive · vague
Weak and indistinct
- blackoutComplete power loss
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
- pass outLose consciousness briefly
- collapseSudden structural failure
dizzy · lightheaded · woozy · syncope · unconscious · gray out · tunnel vision · spell
Create with pencil
- slicePortion cut off
- hookCurved catching device
- shapeExternal outline of something
- shotQuick liquor serving
curve · trajectory · cut · left-to-right · swing path · sidespin · approach · tee shot
vanish
Cease to be visible
recede · dematerialize · dispel · erase · efface · obliterate · blur · obscure · melt away · slip away
wane
Decrease gradually
weaken · lessen · subside · taper · recede · abate · soften · pale · mellow · attenuate
dissolve
Disperse into liquid
- transitionChange from one state
- cutSeverance or reduction
- wipeRub to clean
bleach
Chemical stain and germ killer
discolor · wash out · sun-bleached · weathered · muted · dull · patina · yellowed · age · tone
dim
Low in light
backlight · diffuse · gradation · falloff · vignette · haze · atmospheric · twilight · dusk · low-key
forget
Fail to recall
nostalgia · recollection · reminiscence · lapse · oblivion · ephemeral · transience · elusive · vague · suppression
faint
Weak and indistinct
collapse · dizzy · lightheaded · woozy · syncope · unconscious · gray out · tunnel vision · spell · keel over
draw
Create with pencil
shot · curve · trajectory · cut · left-to-right · swing path · sidespin · approach · tee shot · fairway
taper
Narrow gradually toward point
barber · undercut · gradient · razor · buzz · edge up · shape-up
- colorationpigment, pigmentation, hue, tint, saturation
- coloringcoloring book, dye, colorize, coloring books, coloring page
- darkening wordsdim, shadow, shade, blacken, cloud
- decayrot, decay rate, wilt, crumble, decomposition
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- declinesdrop, decline, downtrend, downturn, downfall
fadeappear
Become perceptible to sight
emerge · materialize · loom · arrive · issue
- fade awayDiminish gradually to nothing
- faded awayGradually lost presence
- fading awayGradual disappearance from perception
- fade outGradual visual or audio diminishment
- faded jeansDiscolored casual denim pants
- fad dietTrendy short-lived eating plan
faded, fading, fad, fades, unfading, unfaded, fader, prefaded, faders