- fade
- to killUnderworld slang from the many senses of the word importing diminution:'You fade him?' 'Not me. I just found him as he was.' (Lyall, 1965 — he was a corpse)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
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fade — [ fad ] adj. • XIIe; lat. pop. °fatidus, class. fatuus « fade », d apr. sapidus; cf. saveur 1 ♦ Qui manque de saveur, de goût. Aliment, boisson fade. ⇒ insipide; douceâtre, écœurant. Il aime la cuisine épicée, ici tout lui paraît fade. Qui… … Encyclopédie Universelle
fadé — fade [ fad ] adj. • XIIe; lat. pop. °fatidus, class. fatuus « fade », d apr. sapidus; cf. saveur 1 ♦ Qui manque de saveur, de goût. Aliment, boisson fade. ⇒ insipide; douceâtre, écœurant. Il aime la cuisine épicée, ici tout lui paraît fade. Qui… … Encyclopédie Universelle
fade — [ feıd ] verb ** ▸ 1 become less clear ▸ 2 become less famous ▸ 3 start to die ▸ 4 lose strength ▸ 5 stop performing well ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive if the light fades, it gets dark a ) intransitive or transitive if the color of something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Fade — may refer to: *Fade (Blue Angel song), an obscure song by the band Blue Angel *Fade (Staind song), a song from Break the Cycle by alt rock band Staind *Fade (film), a cinematographic technique used in film *Fade (audio engineering), the gradual… … Wikipedia
FADE — компьютерная программа, программное средство для защиты авторских прав, разработанное компанией Macrovision. FADE создан для использования в компьютерных играх и активно используется компанией Bohemia Interactive Studio в своих играх. Содержание… … Википедия
fade — [feıd] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: fader, from Latin fatuus; FATUOUS] 1.) also fade away to gradually disappear ▪ Hopes of a peace settlement are beginning to fade. ▪ Over the years her beauty had faded a little. 2.) … Dictionary of contemporary English
fade — FADE. adj. de tout genre. Insipide, Sans goust, ou de peu de goust. Viande fade. une sausse fade. une douceur fade. On dit, Se sentir le coeur fade, pour dire, Avoir du degoust. Fade, se dit fig. pour dire, Qui n a rien de picquant, de vif, d… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Fade — Fade, 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
