fade

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
  2. noun gradually ceasing to be visible
  3. verb become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly

Etymology

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

slice, slicing

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