prefade en · NOUN
Etymology
From pre- + fade.
Meanings
- An audio fade prepared before broadcast.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prefades | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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prefade en · VERB
Etymology
From pre- + fade.
Meanings
- (transitive) To fade (an audio track) before it is broadcast, by listening in advance.
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(transitive) To give (clothing, etc.) a faded appearance at the time of manufacture.
These jeans had very fussy suggestions for upkeep and seemed to prefer that I never wash them again, lest I fade their artistically prefaded denim to a more amateurish color level.
2009 May 7, Cintra Wilson, “Is There a Setting for High Strung?”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| prefaded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| prefaded | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| prefading | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| prefades | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |