fade away

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English - English
To lose strength, become weaker; to wane

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!.

become weaker; "The sound faded out"
{f} melt away, disappear, get blurry
fadeaway
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
fadeaway
An instance of fading away, of diminishing in proximity or intensity
fadeaway
{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.
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