Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 decay;
      to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.

            The earth mourneth and fadeth away.   --Is. xxiv. 4.

   2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint
      in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. ``Flowers
      that never fade.'' --Milton.

   3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to
      vanish.

            The stars shall fade away.            --Addison

            He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music. --Shak.

Faded \Fad"ed\, a.
   That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim.
   ``His faded cheek.'' --Milton.

         Where the faded moon Made a dim silver twilight.
                                                  --Keats.

Source : WordNet®

faded
     adj 1: having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached
            deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out
            blue"; "washy colors" [syn: {bleached}, {washed-out},
            {washy}]
     2: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
        [syn: {attenuate}, {attenuated}, {weakened}]