fading Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun weakening in force or intensity
    attenuation.
    • attenuation in the volume of the sound
  2. verb become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
    melt; fade.
    • The scene begins to fade
    • The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk
  3. verb lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
    wither; fade.
    • Her bloom was fading
  4. verb disappear gradually
    blow over; fade; pass; evanesce; fleet; pass off.
    • The pain eventually passed off
  5. verb become feeble
    fade; languish.
    • The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon

WordNet

Fad"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n. Loss of color, freshness, or vigor. -- Fad"ing*ly, adv. -- Fad"ing*ness, n.
Fad"ing noun
Definitions
  1. An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. "Fading is a fine jig." Obs. Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1913