| fade | | |
| n. (act) | 1. fade, slice, slicing | a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer.; "he took lessons to cure his slicing" |
| ~ golf shot, golf stroke, swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it. |
| n. (act) | 2. disappearance, fade | gradually ceasing to be visible. |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| v. (change) | 3. fade, melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly.; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| v. (change) | 4. fade, wither | lose freshness, vigor, or vitality.; "Her bloom was fading" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| v. (change) | 5. blow over, evanesce, fade, fleet, pass, pass off | disappear gradually.; "The pain eventually passed off" |
| ~ disappear, vanish, go away | get lost, as without warning or explanation.; "He disappeared without a trace" |
| v. (body) | 6. fade, languish | become feeble.; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon" |
| ~ degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop | grow worse.; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match" |
| wither | | |
| v. (change) | 1. shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, wither | wither, as with a loss of moisture.; "The fruit dried and shriveled" |
| ~ atrophy | undergo atrophy.; "Muscles that are not used will atrophy" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ blast | shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly. |
| ~ die back, die down | suffer from a disease that kills shoots.; "The plants near the garage are dying back" |
| ~ dry up, mummify | dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture.; "a mummified body was found" |
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