fading

verbnouncommon in dialogue

//ˈfeɪdɪŋ//

The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.

verb

1
Also a form of fadepresent participle and gerund of fade.
fading light; fading memory; fading reputation
With fading eyesight and reactions, the runs have dried up. That Mr Tendulkar has nonetheless kept his place in the national [cricket] side is a more dismal exemplum: of the impunity enjoyed by all India’s rich and powerful.

noun

1
The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
[…] the rude earth of the wall had no painted lustre to shed off all fadings and tarnish […]
2
obsoleteAn Irish dance.
Fading is a fine jig.
3
obsoleteThe burden of a song.
He has the prettiest love songs for maids, so without bawdry, which is strange with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadings

Forms

plural: fadings

fad · A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.fade · A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right…faded · That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.

fading · The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.

fae · A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun,…fag · In textile inspections, a rough or coarse defect in the woven…faggot · A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel…

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