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!.
a jump shot made while jumping backwards, away from the basket. The goal is to create space between the shooter and the defender, making it much harder to block
{i} gradual disappearing; act or instance of fading away: (In Baseball) screwball (baseball pitch which spins and breaks in the opposite direction to a curve); (In baseball) swerve made by a base runner to one side of the base in order to avoid being tagged out
fade away
Hyphenation
fade a·way
Turkish pronunciation
feyd ıwey
Pronunciation
/ˈfād əˈwā/ /ˈfeɪd əˈweɪ/
Etymology
[ 'fAd ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French fader, from fade feeble, insipid, from Vulgar Latin fatidus, alteration of Latin fatuus fatuous, insipid.