fading
/ˈfeɪdɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[…] the rude earth of the wall had no painted lustre to shed off all fadings and tarnish […]"
- "Fading is a fine jig."
- "He has the prettiest love songs for maids, so without bawdry, which is strange with such delicate burdens of dildos and fadings"
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Music.