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fade in

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fade  (fd)
v. fad·ed, fad·ing, fades
v.intr.
1. To lose brightness, loudness, or brilliance gradually; dim: The lights and music faded as we set sail from the harbor.
2. To lose freshness; wither: summer flowers that had faded.
3. To lose strength or vitality; wane: youthful energy that had faded over the years.
4. To disappear gradually; vanish: a hope that faded. See Synonyms at disappear.
5. Sports To swerve from a straight course, especially in the direction of a slice.
6. Football To move back from the line of scrimmage. Used of a quarterback.
v.tr.
1. To cause to lose brightness, freshness, or strength: Exposure to sunlight has faded the carpet.
2. Sports To hit (a golf ball, for instance) with a moderate, usually controlled slice.
3. Games To meet the bet of (an opposing player) in dice.
n.
1. A gradual diminution or increase in the brightness or visibility of an image in cinema or television.
2. A periodic reduction in the received strength of a radio transmission.
3. Sports A moderate, usually controlled slice, as in golf.
Phrasal Verbs:
fade in
1. To appear gradually.
2. To cause to appear or be heard gradually. Used of a cinematic or television image or of a sound.
fade out
1. To disappear gradually.
2. To cause to disappear gradually. Used of a cinematic or television image or of a sound.

[Middle English faden, from Old French fader, from fade, faded, probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, alteration of Latin fatuus, insipid.]
Translations
? fade in (Rad, TV, Film)


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Still the death-bell tolled so mournfully, that the sunshine seemed to fade in the air.
that the best and fairest of our kind, too often fade in blooming.
Where, in the dull eyes of doating men, are the laughing light and life of childhood, the gaiety that has known no check, the frankness that has felt no chill, the hope that has never withered, the joys that fade in blossoming?
 
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