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.

Fading \Fad"ing\, a.
   Losing freshness, color, brightness, or vigor. -- n. Loss of
   color, freshness, or vigor. -- {Fad"ing*ly}, adv. --
   {Fad"ing*ness}, n.

Fading \Fad"ing\, n.
   An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song. ``Fading is a
   fine jig.'' [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

Source : WordNet®

fading
     n : weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume
         of the sound" [syn: {attenuation}]