|noun|
1.A pass thrown so that the ball descends directly over the receiver’s shoulder, especially as they veer towards the sideline.
‘shortly after receiving the snap, he threw a fade to Crabtree’
‘he scores on a beautiful fade pass to the back of the end zone’
2.A shot causing the ball to deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left)
‘when they get to the 18th the ideal shot is a fade’
‘I hit a few hooks, slices, low shots and high fades.’
3.An act of causing a film or television image to darken and disappear gradually.
‘a fade to black would bring the sequence to a close’
‘A handful of judicious cuts and fades would have given Black Widow a moodier bent and sharper emotional focus.’
4.The process of becoming less bright.
‘the sun can cause colour fade’
‘Carpenter's late-season fade and Pettitte's fine second half helped sort out the runners-up.’
|verb|
1.(in craps) match the bet of (another player)
‘Lovejoy faded him for twenty-five cents’
‘If the cards miss out (lose), the players who faded the center bet each receive back their money together with the equivalent amount of the center bet.’
2.(of a flower) lose freshness and wither.
‘After the flowers fade, seedpods form, then burst, revealing silky seeds.’
‘Once all the flowers on a stem have faded, it can be cut back and with luck, a new spike will be waiting to take its place.’
3.(of a golfer) cause (the ball) to deviate.
‘he had to fade the ball around a light pole’
‘If I'm playing well and have control over my ball flight, I'll go at trouble on the left and fade the ball away from it.’
4.(of a person) gradually become thin and weak, especially to the point of death.
‘without help, those of us who are ill will surely fade away and die’
‘She also holds sessions that deal with death and dying-among people who are literally _fading_ away.’
5.(of a racehorse, runner, etc.) lose strength and cease to perform well.
‘she faded near the finish’
‘His magic boost faded and his strength was back to normal.’
6.(of a radio signal) gradually lose intensity.
‘the signal faded away’
‘In the special circumstance of extreme cooling, where both noise and signal are _fading_ together, it may well be that only the analog implementation works.’
7.(of a vehicle brake) become temporarily less efficient as a result of frictional heating.
‘the brakes faded, needing a firmer push to bring the car to halt’
‘Their brakes fade, clutches burn and chassis flex; they dig in, roll around and break traction at absurdly low speeds, but with great drama.’
8.(of the ball) deviate to the right (or, for a left-handed golfer, the left), typically as a result of spin given to the ball.
‘the ball faded toward an area left of the green’
‘McTeirnan was desperately unlucky with the conversion with the ball _fading_ to the right and wide from a difficult angle.’
9.(with reference to film and television images) come or cause to come gradually into or out of view, or to merge into another shot.
‘fade into scenes of rooms strewn with festive remains’
‘some shots have to be faded in’
10.(with reference to recorded sound) increase or decrease in volume or merge into another recording.
‘they let you edit the digital data, making it fade in and out’
‘he skilfully fades the guitar lines up and down’
11.Gradually grow faint and disappear.
‘the light had faded and dusk was advancing’
‘the noise faded away’
12.Lose or cause to lose colour or brightness.
‘his fair hair had faded to a dusty grey’
‘faded jeans’
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|noun|
‘shortly after receiving the snap, he threw a fade to Crabtree’
