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fade away en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A painting technique in which young women's clothes fade into the background.
    • Phillips became known for the "fade away, in which the main figures' clothing is the same color as the background, allowing the elements to partially blend. 2009, Alison A. Nieder, Jim Heimann, 100 Ans de Pubs de Mode, page 1879:
    • Hirschfeld captured many scenes in line and employed Coles Phillips's "fade away" technique in his painting on the left. 2015, David Leopold, The Hirschfeld Century:
    • In Phillip's "Fade Away" style, he is literally editing out elements (by making them the same flat color as the background), but those elements are still there. 2019, Coles Phillips, Fadeaway: The Remarkable Imagery of Coles Phillips:

fade away en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To lose strength, become weaker; to wane; to disappear or reduce slowly.
    • "I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoon. How long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. I saw it drip with the fresh blood!" 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:
    • I was angry at first, but my rage faded away over time.
    • The sun is fading away That's the end of the day 1963, The Beatles, “I'll Be on My Way”:
    • The stars shall fade away. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 57:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fades away Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
fading away Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
faded away Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
faded away Tense=Past lexicographic

Coordinates

trail off · slip away · taper off · fall away · tail off

Deriveds

fadeaway · fade-away

Synonyms

die · wither

Translations (24)

et haihtuma (to lose strength) · pl zanikać (to lose strength) · et vaibuma (to lose strength) · pl zgasnąć (to lose strength) · de verfliegen (to lose strength) · fi hiipua (to lose strength) · de verschwinden (to lose strength) · pl gasnąć (to lose strength) · th เลือนหาย (to lose strength) · pl zaniknąć (to lose strength) · ru угаса́ть (to lose strength) · et hääbuma (to lose strength) · fr s’effacer (to lose strength) · fr disparaître (to lose strength) · pl rozmyć się (to lose strength) · fi heiketä (to lose strength) · pl rozmywać się (to lose strength) · fr s’éloigner (to lose strength) · de verblassen (to lose strength) · pl przekwitnąć (to lose strength) · ml ദുർബ്ബലമാവുക (to lose strength) · ru постепе́нно исчеза́ть (to lose strength) · pl przekwitać (to lose strength) · eo fadi (to lose strength)