fade away

Speech parts

1. fade away - Noun

2. fade away - Verb

Meaning

become weaker

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

fade-away

Synonyms

dissolve fade out end clear pass die decline dissolved withdraw flee cease retire disappear sink melt
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Antonyms

occur appear continue monte develop rise
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Hypernyms

turn change state

Examples

It is better to burn out than fade away. Kurt Cobain

Old soldiers never die, they just fade away. Douglas MacArthur

Widows tend either to fade away when husbands die, committing emotional suttee, or else find that a new life burgeons. Here in Christchurch, a lot of burgeoning goes on. Fay Weldon

A poet must be a psychologist, but a secret one: he should know and feel the roots of phenomena but present only the phenomena themselves in full bloom or as they fade away. Ivan Turgenev

I didn't know that painters and writers retired. They're like soldiers – they just fade away. Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I listened to them fade away till all I could hear was my memory of the sound. Ken Kesey

Close letter words and terms

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