“fade” – English explanatory dictionary

verb 1. to lose colour ○ The more you wash your jeans, the more they’ll fade. ○ This T-shirt has faded. 2. to become less bright or light ○ As the light faded, bats came out in the garden. ○ The light from the torch began to fade as the batteries ran out. ○ The islands faded away into the distance. 3. to become less noisy ○ The sound of the music faded away.

a. [F., prob. fr. L. vapidus vapid, or possibly fr,fatuus foolish, insipid.] Weak; insipid; tasteless; commonplace. [R.] ´Passages that are somewhat fade.´ Jeffrey. “His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.” De Quincey.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fading.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. Fade, a., Vade.]
1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. “The earth mourneth and fadeth away.” Is. xxiv. 4.
2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. ´Flowers that never fade.´ Milton.
3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. “The stars shall fade away.” Addison “He makes a swanlike end,
Fading in music.” Shak.

v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. “No winter could his laurels fade.” Dryden.