fade in WordNet English dictionary

1. disappear gradually
   "The pain eventually passed off"
   evanesce  fade  blow over  pass off  fleet  pass 
   
2. become feeble
   "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
   languish  fade 
   
3. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
   "Her bloom was fading"
   fade  wither 
   
4. 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"
   fade  melt 
   

1. gradually ceasing to be visible
   fade  disappearance 
   
2. a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
   "he took lessons to cure his slicing"
   slice  fade  slicing