English Dictionary
◊ FADE
fade
n 1: a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed
golfer [syn: {slice}]
2: gradually ceasing to be visible [syn: {disappearance}]
v 1: become less clearly visible or distinguishable; "The scene
begins to fade" [syn: {fade out}]
2: lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
[syn: {wither}]
3: disappear gradually; as of emotions, for example; "The pain
eventually passed off" [syn: {evanesce}, {blow over}, {pass
off}, {fleet}, {pass}]
4: become feeble [syn: {languish}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN FAD?
FAD
["FAD, A Simple and Powerful Database Language", F. Bancilon
et al, Proc 13th Intl Conf on VLDB, Brighton, England, Sep
1987].